A new CD for women seeking asylum contains a large amount of information on women’s rights and valuable tips for getting through the process. ‘Are you a woman seeking asylum in the UK?’ was produced by Asylum Aid as part of its campaign to bring greater awareness of the Home Office’s Gender Guidance Policy adopted
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Theatre: representations of slavery and the Black Character
How fitting for a book on racism on the Victorian stage to be published in the week Britain tries to commemorate the bicentenary of outlawing the Atlantic slave trade! Freedom Day, with our classic national blend of self-congratulation and self-recrimination, gives a good entry point into the world of popular theatre in those next few
A passionate campaigner against racism and injustice
Gilly Singh Mundy, who has died suddenly aged 36, managed to cram so much into his own life and touch the lives of many in a positive, life-affirming way. For the last nine years he had been senior caseworker for Inquest, the charity that advises relatives of those who have died in custody. Born to
Slavery and racism on the British stage
Launching her book Racism on the Victorian Stage at the Institute of Race Relations, Race & Class co-editor and historian Hazel Waters talked about the destructive impact of slavery on White British culture. This month we are being encouraged to celebrate the bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. Speaking to an audience
Security and Insecurity
A recent report assesses the impact of anti-terrorism measures on refugees and asylum seekers. The latest research report from the Refugee Council has found that refugees and asylum seekers also feel threatened by terrorist attacks. Also, they do support anti-terrorist measures but believe that the vast majority of such policies have had a negative impact
Help get Alphonsus out of detention
The deportation of Biafran activist Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor to Nigeria has been halted after vigorous campaigning by several groups, including trade unions. Nevertheless, he remains detained at Tinsley House Removal Centre awaiting the outcome of a judicial review of his case. Prior to his detention in the UK, Alphonsus was due to speak at a
New IRR report catalogues appalling treatment of Europe’s ‘foreign’ children
The UK and the other countries of Europe are signatories to children’s rights conventions and yet they are systematically robbing a whole group of children of their basic, human rights by classifying them not as children but as foreigners and asylum seekers. In a new report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), ‘They are
Children seeking asylum – problems and prejudices
A new report explores the world of children seeking asylum in the UK and the legislation, practices, misconceptions and injustices surrounding the application of the law towards this vulnerable group. At a time when asylum seekers are the objects of a politically-infused debate, this report about unaccompanied or separated children seeking asylum, is an eye-opener.
Community responses to the war on terror
The Institute of Race Relations publishes a briefing paper on the ways in which community organisations are combating the fall-out – in terms of racial violence, Islamophobia, anti-terror policing and human rights abuses – from the war on terror. Since September 11 2001 and, especially since the London attacks of 7/7, community organisations in the
In defence of multiculturalism
A briefing paper explaining and defending multiculturalism has been published today by the Institute of Race Relations. As the government’s commission on integration and cohesion questions the basis of multiculturalism, the independent charity, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), publishes a short, practical guide to the concept, drawing on discussions at its ‘Racism, Liberty and