Below we publish an article by Malcolm James* on a visit he paid to Chios in Greece and what he witnessed while volunteering in early 2016 and the contradictions between caring for refugees and the cruelty meted out to them. There must now be very few people in Europe unaware of the ‘refugee crisis’. Certainly,
Dear IRR News subscriber, As the police investigate the murder of a Polish factory worker in Harlow, the Institute of Race Relations publishes its evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Hate Crime and its Violent Consequences. ‘There has’, according to the IRR, ‘been a return to old school racism, the
As the police investigate the murder of a Polish factory worker in Harlow, the Institute of Race Relations publishes today its evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Hate Crime and its Violent Consequences. ‘There has’, according to the IRR, ‘been a return to old school racism, the racism of the
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 22 August: Freedom of Information requests reveal that British Transport Police recorded 119 ‘race hate offences’ in the two weeks following the EU referendum, an increase in incidents of 78 per cent over the same
On Saturday night, 27 August, Arkadiusz Jóźwik and two friends were attacked as they ate a pizza outside a Harlow takeaway. Arkadiusz Jóźwik was knocked out and suffered head injuries. The 40-year-old died two days later in hospital. Police have said they are keeping ‘an open mind about the motive’ and that ‘there is no
Dear IRR News subscriber, This week Dalian Atkinson, an ex Aston Villa footballer, died after being tasered by police officers in Telford. At least thirteen people have died after being tasered, and Dalian is the second black man to die; the first being Adrian McDonald who died in Stoke in December 2014. You can read about
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 30 July: A black man is beaten by up to twelve men in a racially motivated attack in Newquay. (Cornish Guardian, 8 August 2016) 5 August: Following the murder of Father Jacques Hamel, French mosques
Dear IRR News subscriber, IRR News usually closes down for a month in the summer, but there is so much going on, particularly after the EU referendum, that we felt it was important to keep you up to date with the most important developments. Many of them are listed in our bi-weekly Calendar of racism and
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers
A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the
