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bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Migrant workers' centre to open in Belfast
A Big Lottery Fund grant will be used to open a centre for victims of racial harassment in Belfast later this year. It will be run by the Northern Ireland Council of Ethnic Minorities and provide victim support and advice for migrants in crisis.
6 August 2010 (external article)

bbc news
On national security in the United Kingdom Police 'stop and search' powers curtailed in NI
Police power for random stop and searches, use of which increased by 7,000 in 2008/09, have been suspended by the police service in Northern Ireland after a European Court ruled them illegal.
8 July 2010 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Cars set alight in racist attack
Two cars were extensively damaged and a home was scorched after cars parked outside the homes of an Indian and a Filipino family in County Antrim were set alight. Police are treating the attacks as racially motivated.
22 June 2010 (external article)

belfast telegraph
On employment in the United Kingdom Migrant workers face discrimination
Migrant workers in Northern Ireland face barriers to equal employment opportunities and struggle with low-paid and irregular work, a report by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has found.
15 June 2010 (external article)

belfast telegraph
On asylum seekers and refugees in the United Kingdom Refugee group calls for open reception unit for migrants
The Refugee Action Group has called for a dedicated centre to be established in Northern Ireland for migrants instead of transferring people to detention in England and Scotland.
11 June 2010 (external article)

derry journal
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Arson attack in Londonderry
A Chinese takeaway in Rosemount, Londonderry, was attacked last week by teenagers who set fire to a bin behind the restaurant. The latest attack comes after weeks of ongoing harassment.
17 May 2010 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Filipino man punched to ground by gang of youths
A group of boys, aged 15 to 17, racially abused and then punched to the ground a Filipino man who was walking along a street in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
6 May 2010 (external article)

bbc news
On violence and harassment in the United Kingdom Racist motive to Polish man's murder
At a bail hearing for Adrian Cunningham, 19, who has been charged alongside two other men with murdering Polish man Marek Muszynski in Northern Ireland in July 2009, the prosecution said that the police are treating the attack as racially motivated.
15 April 2010 (external article)

bbc news
On employment in the United Kingdom Racially abused Croat given £50k
A Croatian man who was racially abused at his workplace in Northern Ireland has been awarded £53,596 by an industrial tribunal. The tribunal ruled the company had ignored the harassment he suffered.
11 March 2010 (external article)

londonderry sentinel
On extreme-right politics in the United Kingdom Indian couple's home attacked by National Front
An Indian couple living in the Waterside area of Derry have been targeted in a late night racist attack. 'NF' and 'Out' was daubed on their front door, black paint poured over their car and three of its tyres slashed.
18 February 2010 (external article)

Related links

Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities*

Western Northern Ireland Law Centre*

Equality Commission - Northern Ireland*

Northern Ireland Association of Citizans Advice Bureaux*

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission*

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