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IRR News stories

New report says Islamophobia warps integration efforts
On 14 May, BME activists, educationalists and professionals working within Muslim communities and on integration issues from five European countries will meet to publicly discuss the findings of the Institute of Race Relations' pan-European research project into Integration, Islamophobia and civil rights in Europe.
8 May 2008 (452 words)

Nigerians in the UK urge boycott of British Airways
British Airways has been criticised over its handling of a forced deportation and its treatment of Nigerian passengers on a flight from Heathrow airport.
8 May 2008 (384 words)

Protests break out in removal centres across the UK
Detainees in Harmondsworth and Yarl's Wood removal centres have been taking action in the last month in protest against the conditions inside the centres and the 'fast track' processing of their asylum claims.
17 April 2008 (704 words)

Campaigning victory for Sukula famliy
Three years after contacting IRR News and launching their anti-deportation campaign, the Sukula family have won indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
10 April 2008 (394 words)

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Forthcoming events

No deportations to Iraq!
Bristol No Borders is calling for support for their picket of the International Organization for Migration.
15 May 2008 (45 words)

Writers and artists for David Oluwale
The David Oluwale Memorial Committee presents an evening of information and poetry.
15 May 2008 (93 words)

Protecting vulnerable children and young adults
A conference for everyone with an interest in the welfare of children and young people to increase their awareness of bullying.
16 May 2008 (109 words)

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Judge orders compensation for discriminated council employee
A Black employee at Croydon Council has received compensation after she was denied the same pay rise as two White colleagues. The judge found that this was due to her race, although this was not necessarily a 'conscious act' on the part of her boss.
9 May 2008

independent
Non-EU football stars will have to take English test
Footballers and managers from outside the EU will have to pass an English test before they are allowed to work in the UK under new immigration rules. They will have to demonstrate a basic knowledge of English before they are granted work visas.
8 May 2008

bbc news
'Gangmaster' has licence revoked
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has revoked the licence of a company that it claimed imposed 'forced labour' conditions on migrant workers. Around 200 people, mainly from Poland, were taken to Scotland to pick flowers.
8 May 2008

bbc news
Car bomber brother back in India
The brother of a man who died in a car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport has been deported to India. He was given an 18-month sentence for withholding information about the attack, but was freed for deportation due to time served on remand.
8 May 2008

bbc news
Arrests in racist chainsaw threat
Four people have been arrested following a racially motivated incident in Bolton involving a chainsaw. Three people were seen verbally abusing a group of Asian men, before a 17-year-old girl allegedly threatened them with a chainsaw.
8 May 2008

bbc news
Brown rejects cap on immigration
Gordon Brown has said that immigration is good for the UK and has rejected calls for an annual limit of numbers.
6 May 2008

worthing herald
Hearing for soldier who claimed racial discrimination
A 33-year-old Jamaican soldier, serving with the Welsh Guards, who has alleged racial discrimination by military staff and abuse in barracks, is due to appear before an employment tribunal.
6 May 2008

independent
Bishop attacks migrant policy
The Catholic Bishop of Brentwood has called the attitude of government to thousands of failed migrants as shameful and has called for a one-off amnesty.
6 May 2008

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Concerns about election of BNP assembly member
Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, has expressed concerns for race relations in London after the election of a BNP member to the London assembly.
6 May 2008

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Family escape arson attack
A Black family had to escape their home with the help of neighbours using a trampoline following an arson attack. A group of youths had gathered outside the house shouting racial abuse before the attack.
1 May 2008

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Race & Class

April 2008 issue

Race and Class journalRace & Class is the IRR's quarterly journal on racism, empire and globalisation. The April 2008 edition leads with Felipe Arocena's analysis of multiculturalism in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru and features two studies of being black in Australia: one by David McNeill on Australian football and the other by Val Colic-Peisker and Farida Tilbury. This issue also features Jenny Bourne on the beatification of Enoch Powell.

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European Race Bulletin

Issue no. 62

European Race BulletinThe European Race Bulletin is the only comprehensive digest of Europe's changing climate of racism, with reports on asylum and immigration policy, the challenge to multiculturalism and the erosion of civil liberties. Issue 62 provides a snapshot of the mosaic of campaigns against Muslim places of worship and religious symbols across Europe.
28 February 2008

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IRR News Comment

Tribalism and Powellism infuse TV series
By Rebecca Wood
Three recent Dispatches programmes on immigration, fronted by Rageh Omaar, were ill-informed, misleading and alarmist.
8 May 2008 (1031 words)

Hillingdon fails to support asylum seeking children
A new report from the Children's Commissioner for England has criticised the London Borough of Hillingdon for its treatment of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
1 May 2008 (436 words)

Why we should fear Italy's Northern League
By Liz Fekete
When a xenophobic party succeeds electorally in one European country, it has a knock-on effect for all Europeans because immigration, asylum and integration policies are shaped at the EU level.
24 April 2008 (926 words)

Racial bias in reporting crime
A new report from the Runnymede Trust has found that the print media's reporting of violent crime exacerbates racist tension.
24 April 2008 (310 words)

Few safeguards for asylum-seeking children
A recent report by the Children's Commissioner for England has highlighted failings in the UK's treatment of unaccompanied child asylum seekers at asylum screening units.
24 April 2008 (473 words)

Race history made thirty-six years ago
By Jenny Bourne
A member of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) recalls the events of 1972 which changed the terms of the race relations debate.
17 April 2008 (1519 words)

Document on student extremism seriously flawed
By David Renton
New policies being recommended to prevent extremism on campuses are aimed at the wrong target and could promote division and fear within the student body.
10 April 2008 (1447 words)

Racial violence in Ireland
By Katrina Goldstone
Despite a rise of serious racial attacks, authorities in Ireland are still in denial about racism.
27 March 2008 (1664 words)

Flat Earth News
A telling new book on the methods of modern journalism.
20 March 2008 (744 words)

Conference on sub-Saharan migrants marooned in Morocco
By Rebecca Wood
A conference is to be held in London on 1 April to launch a campaign about sub-Saharan African migrants in a precarious state of limbo in Morocco, which acts as a border policeman for the EU.
20 March 2008 (1101 words)

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