Netherlands to impose border controls from 9 December
Switzerland fined for denying asylum for gay Iranian
‘The cruelty must end’: Westminster inquiry into joint enterprise launches
Norway apologises to Sami, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy
Chris Kaba – the struggle for police accountability continues
15 – 29 October 2024 Following firearms officer Martyn Blake’s acquittal just over a week ago of the murder of Chris Kaba, it did not take long for the home secretary to cave in to demands from the National Police Chiefs Council to rewrite the framework for the investigation and prosecution of police officers. Yvette Cooper’s proposed reforms follow
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (15 – 29 October 2024)
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 19 October: In Ranst, a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp, local parties PIT and Vrij Ranst agree to form a coalition with the far-right Vlaams Belang party, breaking Belgium’s cordon sanitaire against the nationalist party for the first time since 1989. (Belga, 19 October 2024) 24 October: Freedom party
Hostile environment beyond borders: Franco-British immigration policy
Francesca Humi, organiser and writer and former coordinator of the Crossborder Forum, asks what has changed in migration and border policies in Britain and France since the electoral change. Britain and France: electoral change This summer has brought about major electoral change in the UK and France. The Labour party unseated the Conservative government
IRR concerns about the return of ‘race science’: full statement to the Guardian
17 October 2024 In a Guardian piece following a Guardian/ Hope Not Hate investigation into an international network of activists and academics seeking to normalise scientific racism, IRR Director Liz Fekete warns on the danger posed today by scientific racism. Here is the full statement upon which her comments are based. Black health campaigners, committed
Calendar of Racism and Resistance ( 1 – 15 October 2024)
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 6 October: University of Potsdam research shows that in three recent state elections, Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured the most votes amongst young voters (29-38 per cent) and was twice as successful at reaching first-time voters on TikTok than all other parties combined. (Azerbaycan24, 6 October 2024) 7 October: In a