Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

UK election 2024: Arrivals from ‘countries like Bangladesh’ are not being deported, Keir Starmer complains
25 June 24
In media interviews with the Sun, the leader of the Labour party and shadow paymaster general Jon Ashworth state that people from the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, are not being removed and that Labour, instead of engaging in ‘expensive gimmicks’ like the Rwanda scheme would ‘stop people coming here in the first place’ as well as make sure ‘more planes’ go off.
Source: Middle East Eye
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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‘Fear of repercussion’ thwarts Frontex rights abuse reports
24 June 24
A media investigation that unearths redacted documents and minutes from the EU’s border agency Frontex reveals the frustrations of its fundamental rights officer, who links the underreporting of potential human rights violations to ‘fear of repercussions’.
Source: EU Observer
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error
23 June 24
An analysis of figures obtained by Big Brother Watch reveals that a DWP algorithm used in an automated service has wrongly flagged 200,000 people as ‘high risk’ for fraud, resulting in faulty and costly investigations.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Universities urged to stop threatening staff and students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza
21 June 24
As research shows that British universities collectively invest nearly £430 million in companies ‘complicit in Israeli violations of international law’, the PSC calls on universities to stop threatening staff and students protesting against Israeli’s genocide in Gaza.
Source: Morning Star
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Inquiry into death of asylum seeker shot by police after stabbing
21 June 24
Scotland’s Lord Advocate rules that it is in the public interest to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the death of asylum seeker Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, who was shot dead by police after stabbing six people at a hotel in Glasgow in 2020.
Source: National
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: Scotland
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“Envoyé spécial”: the left is outraged by the images showing the “outright racism” suffered by a woman
21 June 24
Black paramedic Divine Kinkela tells France TV that she has been subjected to daily racial insults, including monkey cries, from her pro-National Rally neighbours ever since the European elections saw big gains for the far Right.
Source: Huffington Post
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: France
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Court detains 15-year-old suspect for attempted manslaughter
21 June 24
A 15-year-old child is charged with attempted manslaughter following a racially motivated stabbing on an ‘Asian immigrant’ in the same shopping mall in Oulu, Finland, as a previous knife attack on a 12-year-old child who the media describe as from a ‘foreign background’. The knife used by the boy was decorated with swastikas and he wore a shirt with Nazi-themed text.
Source: YTE
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: Finland
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Far-right French candidate attacked by masked assailants on campaign trail
21 June 24
In France, Hervé Breuil, a candidate for the far-right National Rally, is hospitalised after four masked assailants attack him while he was campaigning in Saint Étienne.
Source: Guardian
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: France, Germany
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Far-right leader Bardella unveils immigration programme ahead of snap elections
21 June 24
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella says that if the National Rally wins the general elections, it will abolish birthright by citizenship and restrict the Schengen area to EU citizens.
Source: Euractiv
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: EU
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Germany: Ministers agree on cash limit for asylum seekers’ payment cards
21 June 24
The leaders of Germany’s 16 states agree to limit cash payments to asylum seekers to 50 euros per month, while introducing uniformity in the state benefits payment card for asylum seekers. However, three states committed to a higher graduated cash payment say they will not be bound by decision.
Source: Info Migrants
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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Council of Europe head warns of a return to the ‘wild state’
21 June 24
Outgoing Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric warns that the rise of extreme nationalistic, populist and anti-rights movements are pulling Europe towards a ‘wild state’.
Source: Brussels Times
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK, France
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North parties condemn ‘unacceptable’, ‘racist’ lifeguard
21 June 24
In Cyprus, politicians condemn a lifeguard who posted on Facebook that he banned Pakistanis and ‘Blacks’ from using the beach in Famagusta.
Source: Cyprus|Mail
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: Cyprus
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Death of Indian man in Italy highlights workers’ exploitation
20 June 24
In Lazio, Italy, the employer of undocumented Indian farm labourer Satnam Singh, who died after allegedly being left on the side of the road following a workplace accident in which his arm was severed and his legs crushed, is placed under investigation for criminal negligence and manslaughter.
Source: BBC
Category: EMPLOYMENT | EXPLOITATION | INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Country: Italy
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States and companies must end arms transfers to Israel immediately or risk responsibility for human rights violations: UN experts
20 June 24
Independent UN Experts warn that the transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel risk state complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide, and calls on states, arms manufacturers and financial institutions invested in arms companies to respect an arms embargo on Israel.
Source: OHCR
Category: DISCRIMINATION | EQUALITIES | HUMAN RIGHTS
Country: UK
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Police in race crisis as minority ethnic officers end support for action plan
20 June 24
The National Black Police Association withdraws support for the National Police Chiefs’ Council race action plan for England and Wales, saying that police leaders have allowed a ‘toxic’ environment to destroy or blight the careers of Black and Asian officers.
Source: Guardian
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: UK
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