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Driven to desperate measures - the realities of Fortress Europe

The racism that kills The recent death of Jimmy Mubenga adds to the grim statistic of those who have died as a result of the UK’s brutal immigration laws. Harmit Athwal of Institute for Race Relations writes at the Guardian website on the launch of the new IRR report, Driven to Desperate Measures: 2006-2010, which documents [...]

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Immigration cap: irrational, but is it racist?

The Coalition Government recently announced a cap on immigration of non-european nationals to the UK. For many, this represents the latest in a long line of racist immigration controls - an accusation that the current Home Secretary Theresa May, like her predecessors, has strenuously denied

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