IRR News stories
BNP gains smaller than anticipated
Despite commentators having made predictions of a big breakthrough for the BNP in the local elections that took place on 1 May, the far-right party made only moderate gains.
15 May 2008 (282 words)
Asylum seeker takes his life in Belgium
A Cameroonian national has apparently taken his own life in a Belgian detention centre only days after a failed attempt to deport him to Cameroon.
15 May 2008 (309 words)
Gathering memorabilia on the IRR
This year, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be celebrating its fiftieth birthday.
15 May 2008 (77 words)
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)
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Forthcoming events
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)
NCADC Train-the-Trainer Cardiff seminar
The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) is holding a workshop on how to set up an anti-deportation campaign.
19 May 2008 (176 words)
News from other sources
guardian
Calls for guardians for trafficked children
Charities and politicians are calling on the government to fund a system of professional guardians for foreign children vulnerable to exploitation.
15 May 2008
guardian
Stop and search to increase
As a result of recent murders of young people in London, police officers have been given more powers to stop and search without reasonable suspicion under section 60 of the Public Order Act.
15 May 2008
bbc news
Committee says 42 days unnecessary
A joint select committee has found that proposals to extend pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects to 42 days is 'wholly unnecessary'.
15 May 2008
bbc news
Racist road rage attacker hunted
A man who subjected a driver to a racist road rage assault in Scotland is being hunted by police. Officers said the attack on a 25-year-old Asian man was carried out by the driver of a grey Volkswagen Passat between Grangemouth and Polmont.
15 May 2008
bbc news
Man on trial for 1994 murder of waiter
The trial has begun at Glasgow High Court of Michael Ross, 29, who is accused of the murder of Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood, who was shot dead in 1994.
13 May 2008
independent
Farmers face fruit losses
Farmers across the UK are facing huge losses as their fruit is left to rot in their fields because of new restrictions on migrant workers.
13 May 2008
glasgow herald
Scottish migrant children need help
New research has found that thousands of migrant children in Glasgow who need help with English are not receiving the support they need.
13 May 2008
independent
Widowed Filipino man loses fight to stay in UK
Arnel Cabrera, 38, has lost his fight to stay in the UK after his wife died, because of hospital negligence, during childbirth. He lost his right to stay as he had been allowed into the country on the basis that she, a nurse, was working here.
13 May 2008
bbc news
SDLP challenges secret inquest plan
The SDLP in northern Ireland has voiced concerns over government plans to hold inquests in secret, a proposal under new anti-terror laws, which could have implications for cases outstanding in northern Ireland.
13 May 2008
watford observer
Racist youths make life misery for couple
A Black couple from South Oxhey say they have been left unable to leave their home at weekends after being targeted by a gang of racist youth.
13 May 2008
