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01/02/2002
Racial attacks in Northern Ireland on the increase
A report released by the Executive shows that between 1996 and 1999 racial attacks reported to police in Northern Ireland have increased by 400 per cent.
357 incidents were reported to the Royal Ulster Constabulary between January 1996 and December 1999, with the Pakistani and Indian communities worst affected.
The report stated, that this increase of in the number of recorded incidents is continuing to rise - up by 45 per cent between 1999 and 2000.
The report, published by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister is the first detailed analysis of the issue of racist harassment and violence in Northern Ireland.
Over 70 per cent of incidents recorded took place in the Greater Belfast area, with South, North and East Belfast topping the league.
Most racist attacks are recorded in or around the home the report shows and in one fifth of cases, the perpetrator was identified as a neighbour or someone who lived locally, while almost half of the cases involve someone who lived close to the victim.
The report attributes the steep incline in attacks to a combination of factors, including a rise in the number of racist incidents, a greater willingness of people to report such incidents to the police and a greater awareness by the police of the need to record racist incidents.
However, the report acknowledges that the figures are far from wholly representative and suggests the current number does not represent the true scale of racist harassment experienced by minority ethnic communities.
The figures include no reference to harassment experienced in schools or hospitals, no incidents recorded by any other statutory, community or voluntary body and few incidents reported by members of the Traveller community.
The report noted that the stereotype of racist harassment was young white males acting in consort, but in just over one in ten cases a female was also involved. (AMcE)
357 incidents were reported to the Royal Ulster Constabulary between January 1996 and December 1999, with the Pakistani and Indian communities worst affected.
The report stated, that this increase of in the number of recorded incidents is continuing to rise - up by 45 per cent between 1999 and 2000.
The report, published by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister is the first detailed analysis of the issue of racist harassment and violence in Northern Ireland.
Over 70 per cent of incidents recorded took place in the Greater Belfast area, with South, North and East Belfast topping the league.
Most racist attacks are recorded in or around the home the report shows and in one fifth of cases, the perpetrator was identified as a neighbour or someone who lived locally, while almost half of the cases involve someone who lived close to the victim.
The report attributes the steep incline in attacks to a combination of factors, including a rise in the number of racist incidents, a greater willingness of people to report such incidents to the police and a greater awareness by the police of the need to record racist incidents.
However, the report acknowledges that the figures are far from wholly representative and suggests the current number does not represent the true scale of racist harassment experienced by minority ethnic communities.
The figures include no reference to harassment experienced in schools or hospitals, no incidents recorded by any other statutory, community or voluntary body and few incidents reported by members of the Traveller community.
The report noted that the stereotype of racist harassment was young white males acting in consort, but in just over one in ten cases a female was also involved. (AMcE)
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