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UKBA investigation finds cause for concern amongst staff
An investigation by the UK Border Agency into allegations by whistleblower Louise Perrett that asylum seekers were mistreated has found 'significant concern', but most allegations could not be substantiated.
9 August 2010 (external article)
south wales echo UKBA in Cardiff cleared of racism
The UK Border Agency in Cardiff has been cleared of allegations, made by a former employee, of the mistreatment of asylum seekers, although the credibility of the internal investigation has been questioned.
29 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news Gypsy site planning application refused
A Romany Gypsy family living near the Brecon Beacons, face uncertainty after a planning application to extend their stay on a temporary site was refused. The local council has failed to secure planning for a permanent site.
11 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Three arrests in WDL protests
Three arrests were made during protests on Saturday as the Welsh Defence League held a rally in Cardiff city centre.
7 June 2010 (external article)
wales online Prison 'failed' suicide victim
A six-week inquest has found that a vulnerable young prisoner from Burundi, Emmanuel Buyoya, who hanged himself in his cell, was failed by staff at the privately-run Parc Prison in Wales.
12 May 2010 (external article)
south wales argus South Wales good Samaritan speaks of horrific attack
Paul Evans, 56, who intervened to protect a shopkeeper being racially abused, has spoken out about the attack he was subjected to. Both of his cheek bones were fractured, his nose was broken in two places and his jaw was separated from his skull.
25 February 2010 (external article)
south wales argus Facial injuries after intervening in racist abuse
An unnamed 56-year-old man suffered multiple facial fractures after being attacked by a young boy who he told off for racially abusing an Asian shopkeeper in Newbridge.
17 February 2010 (external article)
wales online Arrests over anti-Muslim Facebook page
Five men have been arrested for religiously aggravated public order offences after a Facebook site was set up declaring 'all Muslims should be thrown out of Wales' - the first time people have been arrested over comments posted on Facebook.
9 February 2010 (external article)
north wales daily post £217,000 to police anti-Islamist demo in Wrexham
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that £217,854 of taxpayers' money was spent last November on policing an anti-Islamic extremism demo in north Wales by a group calling itself the Welsh Defence League.
3 February 2010 (external article)
daily post north wales Welsh dad and son jailed over racist attack
Two men who beat up an Algerian-born man in front of his five-year-old twin sons, before following the man and his sons home and trying to force their way in, have been jailed for three years and banned from an area of north Wales for ten years.
25 January 2010 (external article)