Despite a presence spanning over 40 years, Britain’s
minority ethnic communities continue to experience discrimination
and disadvantage in their everyday lives. Members of these communities
are among the most impoverished and socially excluded in the
country today. Official figures - including the Census 2001
and government’s own data - show that:
70% of all people from
ethnic minorities live in the 88 most deprived local authority
districts in England, compared with 40% of the general
population.
Black Caribbean pupils are three
times more likely to be permanently excluded from schools
in England than White pupils.
Almost half of all Bangladeshis and
about a third of Pakistanis have no qualifications, compared
with 15% of White British people.
Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have
the highest rates of reported ill health and disability
of any other group in Britain - twice and 1.5 times higher
than the White British population respectively.
Pakistani women
have the highest unemployment rates (20%) of any other
population group in Britain - about three times the
rates for White British women.
Indian women are five times more
likely to be working as sewing machinists, packers, bottlers,
canners and fillers than White British women.
About half of all prosecutions of
religious aggravated offences are perpetrated against
Muslim victims.
While 7.9% of the UK population belongs
to an ethnic minority other than White, only 2% of Members
of Parliament do.
Registered Office Address:
THE ETHNIC MINORITY FOUNDATION
FORBES HOUSE 9 ARTILLERY LANE
LONDON
E1 7LP
Phone: 020 7426 8950 Fax: 020 7426 89429
EMF is a company limited by guarantee registered in
England and Wales with Company number : 03758674
- Charity number : 1077002
