agency for fundamental rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/agency-for-fundamental-rights/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 agency for fundamental rights Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/agency-for-fundamental-rights/ 32 32 Racism in the EU is “widespread and entrenched” https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/racism-in-the-eu-is-widespread-and-entrenched/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/racism-in-the-eu-is-widespread-and-entrenched/ A study by the European Union finds widespread and entrenched racism against black people. The EU’s agency for fundamental rights calls on countries of the grouping to end this shameful and infuriating phenomenon. The study is based on interviews with 6 000 people in 12 European countries. It finds one in three people of African […]

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]]> A study by the European Union finds widespread and entrenched racism against black people.

The EU’s agency for fundamental rights calls on countries of the grouping to end this shameful and infuriating phenomenon.

The study is based on interviews with 6 000 people in 12 European countries.

It finds one in three people of African descent experienced racial harassment in the past year.

One in ten has been stoped by police.

Five percent have been victims of police brutality.

Finland is the worst culprit with 60 percent of people surveyed finding racism commonplace.

Britain and Malta fare best with one-fifth of black residents reporting racist behaviour.

The study will be presented to the European Parliament next week which has only three black MPs in its 751-member chamber.

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