1997
Some stories
Aryan music festival thwarted
An international 'Aryan Music Fest' was thwarted by police and immigration officials.
1 November 1997 (92 words)
Psychology professors under attack
Pressure is growing for the British Psychological Society to expel Richard Lynn after the emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University suggested that the Ice Age made white people more intelligent than blacks because they were forced to develop the intellectual capacity to cope with the cold.
1 November 1997 (168 words)
Neo-nazis target youth in rural areas of Wales
There are fears that neo-nazis are targeting young people in rural areas of Wales, particularly in Caerphilly and Maesteg.
1 November 1997 (106 words)
'English Rights' set up as Scottish parliament formed
A new organisation has been set up in Scotland to counter an alleged increase in attacks on English people.
1 November 1997 (711 words)
Visa requirement for Colombians unsafe
The Refugee Council is concerned that the introduction of a visa requirement for Colombians coming to the UK will put added pressure on Colombians seeking to flee escalating violence.
1 November 1997 (153 words)
Prostitution of foreign women - virtual enslavement
A conviction for living on immoral earnings and smuggling in women has exposed the virtual enslavement of Brazilian and other women for prostitution in the UK.
1 November 1997 (336 words)
Pressure mounts to introduce carriers liability to Channel Tunnel rail link
According to immigration officials, a loophole in regulations governing rail travel means that increasing numbers of undocumented immigrants are arriving in London, via the Channel Tunnel rail link, and seeking political asylum.
1 November 1997 (220 words)
Government declares former-Zaire a 'country of upheaval'
On 16 May, the home secretary declared the Democratic Republic of Congo a 'country of upheaval'.
1 November 1997 (69 words)
Call for refugees to get access to labour market
The Low Pay Unit and the World University Service (WUS) have produced a report which criticises the lack of opportunities in the labour market afforded to refugees with professional qualifications.
1 November 1997 (130 words)
Journalist describes asylum policy as a 'national disgrace'
The BBC world affairs editor, John Simpson, has declared the UK's asylum procedures a 'national disgrace' and argued that 'detention centres are today's equivalent of the Victorian debtor's prison'.
1 November 1997 (171 words)
Asylum-seekers and the welfare state
London boroughs demand more money to care for asylum-seekers
1 November 1997 (271 words)
Refugee doctors need support
A doctors' support group has been set up to provide help for refugee doctors, following a conference organised by the Jewish Council for Racial Equality.
1 November 1997 (76 words)
Alarming catalogue of deaths
CS spray victim?
1 August 1997 (328 words)
Dismal showing for far-Right in general election
The far-Right parties scored particularly badly in the May general election.
1 August 1997 (124 words)
White man murdered by racists
Three men have been found guilty of the murder of a white academic whom they had previously subjected to a campaign of racist harassment because he was married to a Nigerian.
1 August 1997 (81 words)
Are asylum-seekers being denied new HIV treatment?
Fifty people responded to a survey by the Terrence Higgins Trust, the African Advocacy Foundation and the Aids Treatment Project, saying that as HIV-sufferers they have been refused the new Triple Combination Therapy.
1 August 1997 (321 words)
European Court says man dying of Aids should not be deported
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Britain would be guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment if it deported a man dying of Aids who had previously carried out a prison sentence for attempting to import cocaine.
1 August 1997 (193 words)
Soldiers attack black colleague
The Ministry of Defence is to investigate allegations that Clive Walker, an 18-year-old black soldier, was set upon by eleven colleagues who tried to scrub him 'clean and white' after spraying him with fire extinguishers.
1 May 1997 (83 words)
Family of murdered London boy continue campaign for justice
The Commission for Racial Equality has called for a public inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence after a coroner's jury decided that he had been unlawfully killed in a completely unprovoked racist attack by five white youths.
1 May 1997 (173 words)
Police fail to investigate racist murder
Police have been criticised for their failure to investigate the murder of a black musician.
1 May 1997 (148 words)