Press releases
New geographies of racism: Stoke-on-Trent
Research published by the Institute of Race Relations shows that the geography of racial violence is changing rapidly in the UK and yet the authorities show little interest in tackling the problem.
15 November 2011 (571 words)
Black history - Black struggle
Race & Class October 2011 examines hitherto neglected areas of black history by unknown black strugglers across the last century.
13 September 2011 (452 words)
Breivik, the conspiracy theory and the Oslo massacre
A thorough analysis and full documentation of the context and background to the Oslo massacre is published today by the Institute of Race Relations.
1 September 2011 (461 words)
The new geographies of racism: Plymouth
Research published today by the Institute of Race Relations investigates how geographies of racism throughout the UK are changing in a wider climate of economic austerity, shifting patterns of migration and settlement and against the backdrop of new forms of racism exacerbated by national policies.
30 June 2011 (596 words)
The attacks on multiculturalism are linked to the economic crisis
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) publishes today Understanding the European-wide assault on multiculturalism - a detailed analysis by Executive Director, Liz Fekete, of key speeches made over the past six months by leading centre-right politicians from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.
21 April 2011 (584 words)
Driven to Desperate Measures
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) publishes today a report on deaths of asylum seekers and migrants which damns government policies for putting vulnerable people at risk.
17 October 2010 (175 words)
Accelerated removals
Research from the Institute of Race Relations, including a review of 38 asylum- and immigration-related deaths in Europe over 18 months, shows the human cost of EU moves to slash budgets for refugee integration and accelerate the pace of removals - thereby undermining international conventions.
7 October 2010 (614 words)
Racial violence: the buried issue
Research published by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today, reveals dangerously high levels of racial violence in the UK - a violence which is spreading into new areas.
25 June 2010 (523 words)
Racial violence - the buried issue
Research from the Institute of Race Relations reveals that, on average, five people per year are being killed in racial attacks in the UK since the death of Stephen Lawrence.
22 April 2010 (416 words)
The reality behind the 'knife crime' debate
The media portrayal of, and government response to, the 'knife crime epidemic' creates a distorted image of the reality on the ground, according to new research undertaken by the Institute of Race Relations.
27 January 2010 (564 words)
Europe's shame - deaths linked to racism on the rise
As concern mounts that the economic downturn will lead to a surge in racism, a report from the IRR suggests that EU states are already pursuing policies which place vulnerable minority communities at risk.
12 March 2009 (503 words)
'Besieged in Britain'
New report reveals devastating impact on families of Britain's control orders and detention regime.
12 February 2009 (394 words)
IRR refutes BNP's claims on racist murders
The Institute of Race Relations has today issued a statement on the BNP's misuse of its figures on racially motivated murders.
2 December 2008 (302 words)
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 (450 words)
What next for Europe's boat people?
As EU leaders and their North African counterparts host a series of immigration summits, the European Race Bulletin seeks to establish what is really going on behind the scenes.
12 July 2006 (368 words)
Deporting Muslim clerics: lessons from Europe
The proposal, to deport Muslim clerics whose words foment violence or glorify terrorism (as indicated by Blair) is already being applied in other European countries. A report by the Institute of Race Relations on 'the Integration Debate' in Europe shows how deportations for 'speech crimes' has set back community relations and led to serious human rights violations.
25 August 2005 (412 words)
Election deportation targets put lives at risk
In the run-up to the election, the Conservative Party is proposing to remove all asylum seekers who exceed an annual quota of 20,000, whether or not their claims are valid. The Labour government has already set a target to deport more people each month than make new claims for asylum that go on to be rejected. Both policies are part of a 'target culture' which, when applied to asylum seekers, results in a clear and shameful pattern of human rights violations, according to a new report by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
11 April 2005 (1221 words)
Marking Black History
To mark Black History Month, the Institute of Race Relations has published a Black History section - including personal memoirs of Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois and Ed Scobie.
6 October 2004 (186 words)
Death trap: the human cost of the war on asylum
The IRR publishes today a roll call of death of the 180 asylum seekers and undocumented migrants who have died either in the UK or attempting to reach the UK in the past fifteen years.
4 October 2004 (580 words)
New study highlights discrimination in use of anti-terror laws
The Institute of Race Relations publishes today a catalogue that details how hundreds of Muslims have been arrested under terrorism powers before being released without charge; how the special powers granted by parliament to tackle terrorism are being deployed in other spheres, such as in routine criminal investigations or in the policing of immigration; how the media have become 'embedded' in a process that leads to the stigmatisation of Muslims as terrorists.
2 September 2004 (1554 words)