U.K. tests refugees' DNA

Genetic testing for refugees? Despite scientific criticism, the United Kingdom's Border Agency has started testing the DNA of people seeking asylum at their immigration office to determine their true nationality, reports John Travis of Science magazine's ScienceInsider blog.

"'Horrifying,' 'naïve,' and 'flawed' are among the adjectives geneticists and isotope specialists have used to describe the “Human Provenance pilot project,â€