Verifying refugees' stories: why is it so difficult?

Processing refugees claims and checking their authenticity is far from straightforward. We examine the problems of an imperfect systemAs the refugee crisis rumbles on and tensions continue to rise over which countries should take in more people, one question comes up repeatedly. How can you tell whether asylum seekers are telling the truth?
The system hangs on the idea that officials can tell the difference between a legitimate and a false claim, and that claims can be easily split into these tw