independent race and refugee news network


	Topics

Government policy

Policing and criminal justice system

Violence and harassment

Asylum seekers and refugees

Education

Media

Employment

Extreme-Right politics

Features

Statistics and definitions

Quiz

Schools against deportations*

Reclaiming the struggle

Far-Right in Europe

* IRR is not responsible for the content of external websites. Inclusion of a link does not constitute an endorsement.

Award for 'Asylum Undercover'

By Harmit Athwal

21 March 2006, 3:00pm

On Wednesday 22 February 2006, the Royal Television Society gave the BBC an award for the best current affairs programme for its brilliant documentary on the detention and deportation of asylum seekers, 'Asylum Undercover'.

'Asylum Undercover' was shown on TV in March 2005 and exposed the abuse, physical and emotional, meted out to asylum seekers in detention. The jury commented on the programme: 'This winning entry dealt with a difficult subject matter and the jury were particularly impressed by the exposure of some genuinely shocking aspects of the way this institution treated some of its inmates.'

The Institute of Race Relations is precluded from expressing a corporate view: any opinions expressed are therefore those of the authors.

privacy | using our content | advertising | support us