According to campaigners, there are thousands of young men like Darren in the UK. They say that behind statistics showing that black people are seven times more likely to be stopped and four times more likely to be arrested, are generations of black men who have been “emotionally traumatised” by stop and search and wrongful detention.

Some of these emotional scars date back to old 1980s ‘sus’ laws, but also include the effects of modern-day stop and searches covered under section 60 of the Public Order Act, or under the controversial section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which was recently ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights.

The Coalition Government recognises the contribution of BME Carers                                            

For Immediate Release: Thursday 1st of July

Minister of State for Social Care Paul Burstow made his maiden speech on race equality in health (this week) at The Afiya Trust and the National Black Carers & Carers Workers Network’s roundtable consultation with mainstream agencies and carer organisations on the future needs of BME carers in Britain.

Support for carers still remains woefully inadequate, but the experience of black and minority ethnic (BME) carers is further compounded by structural disadvantage and the marginalisation of race equality in government social policy.