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Campaigners for an academic boycott of Israel analyse Europe's complicity
In the latest issue of the IRR's journal Race & Class, Hilary Rose and Steven Rose ask why and how a small Middle Eastern country has successfully positioned itself as 'European', even though it is in breach of Europe's humanitarian conventions and condemned by many UN resolutions.
3 July 2008 (264 words)
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Asylum seekers put at risk by law
A Court of Appeal judge has warned that Labour's tough stance on immigration may have forced courts to send asylum seekers back to 'torture or death'.
2 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Harman produces watered-down equality bill
A bill to tackle discrimination, intended to provide fairer job opportunities for women and ethnic minorities has been published. However criticisms have been made that it excludes the private sector.
27 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Cash bond plan for non-EU immigrants' relatives dropped
Plans to make immigrant families pay a cash bond for relatives visiting from outside the EU have been dropped. Instead, there will be fines or the threat of jail if family members overstay.
26 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Nine government departments unsure on equality targets
An answer to a parliamentary question has revealed that nine government departments refused or failed to respond to questions as to whether government targets on equality were being met.
26 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Bicester plans cost £29 million
A commons committee has found that the government spent £29 million on Bicester accommodation centre for asylum seekers which was never built, with £8 million being paid as a termination fee to the contractor.
12 June 2008 (external article)
independent Government 'wins' first vote on 42-day detention
The government won a crucial House of Commons vote on the proposed detention of terror suspects for 42 days, relying on the votes of Democratic Unionist Party MPs.
12 June 2008 (external article)
Action on the EU Return Directive
Asylum campaigners are urging action as the European Parliament prepares to vote, on 18 June 2008, on the 'Return Directive'.
12 June 2008 (178 words)
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Discrimination in the name of integration
By Liz Fekete
The UK government should heed the lessons from a recent report criticising the Netherlands for discriminatory pre-immigration tests for migrants.
5 June 2008 (611 words)
Distorted integration debate must be challenged
Islamophobia is running rough-shod over the whole integration debate.
22 May 2008 (223 words)
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 (external article)
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 (external article)
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)
bbc news Terror asset-freezing 'unlawful'
The High Court has ruled the freezing of terror suspects' assets under UN laws is not lawful because it 'bypassed' Parliament. Mr Justice Collins allowed challenges by five men whose assets were frozen under the Treasury-imposed orders.
24 April 2008 (external article)
independent Home Secretary stands firm on 42-day detention plan
Jacqui Smith is to press ahead with moves to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge despite the growing prospect of defeat on the measure.
17 April 2008 (external article)
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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)
guardian Smith launches UK Border Agency
The new customs and immigration body, the UK Border Agency, has been officially launched by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith. The UKBA has merged the work of the Border and Immigration Agency, HM Revenue and Customs and UK Visas.
3 April 2008 (external article)
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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)
independent British citizenship changes announced
A review into citizenship by Lord Goldsmith has recommended that schoolchildren should swear allegiance to the Queen.
11 March 2008 (external article)
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Rehabilitating Enoch Powell
By IRR News Team
This week, BBC 2 begins a controversial 'White season' which asks 'is white working class Britain becoming invisible?' and includes a programme by Denys Blakeway on Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood intervention forty years ago.
6 March 2008 (605 words)
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