UK still gripped by problem of racism

First, a UN Resolution calling for the condemnation of all forms of racism and related ideologies was rejected by European countries, including Britain, on December 19, 2011.

However, United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/66/460 on 'Inadmissibility of Certain Practices That Contribute to Fuelling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance' was passed by a majority vote of 134, with 24 opposed and 31 abstentions.

Second, in an article written by Carla Stea under the title of 'NEO-NAZISM: United Nations Anti-Nazi Resolution and Falsification of History' on January 22, 2012, Britain and the US are both exposed as Nazi sympathizers and opponents of race equality. Third, the UK newspapers often publish anti-immigrant stories, highlight crimes based on race, along with British politicians who blame immigration for society's problems.

The government has recently released official figures relating to the number of foreign-born people who are claiming working age benefits in the UK.

It was published in the media that more than 370,000 migrants are claiming out-of-work benefits, which cost taxpayers billions of pounds a year.

Fourth, according to Britain's Home Office, 51,187 racist cases were reported to the police in England and Wales in 2010-11, disclosing the depth of racism problems in Britain.

The murder of Stephen Lawrence, attacked by a racist gang in south east London in 1993, the racial murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve on Boxing Day, and last week's racist brick attack on the eight-year-old Promise Awoyelu in Dundonald in east Belfast, are all examples of racially-motivated murders and attacks across the UK.

Moreover, the Institute for Race Relations (IRR), which is a British anti-racism charity, has revealed that since the racial murder of Stephen Lawrence 19 years ago, at least 96 people have been killed due to racial violence.

Meanwhile, Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, has accused the British Prime Minister David Cameron of ­failing to tackle the widespread racism problem in the UK. Press TV