The round-ups for deportation of elderly people with generations of family in the UK indicate the ruthlessness we can expect from a government all too ready to ‘take back control’. The first deportation charter flight to Jamaica for nearly two years took place on 7 September, carrying forty-two passengers.[1] Most of those rounded up for
IRR News (2 – 15 September 2016)
Dear IRR News subscriber, Two racist attacks were widely-reported this week – one which took place in August and resulted in a Muslim woman in Milton Keynes losing her unborn twins and the other, more recently, leading to the hospitalisation of a Polish man in Leeds. Both these attacks say something about the serious nature of
Calendar of racism and resistance (2 – 15 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 24 August: Self-defence classes for Muslims and others from BAME communities in Swansea are launched, following concerns about racist violence in the locality. (BBC News, 24 August 2016) 1 September: A man who racially abuses
Cruelty and care in Chios, Greece
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,
IRR News 19 August – 1 September 2016
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
Submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on hate crime and its violent consequences
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
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 August – 1 September 2016)
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
Arkadiusz Jóźwik: murdered for being Polish?
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
IRR News 5 – 18 August 2016
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
Calendar of racism and resistance (5 – 18 August 2016)
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