EU report highlights widespread use of ‘stop and search’ on ethnic minorities

<p> Roma, sub-Saharan Africans and other minorities stopped frequently by police across Europe, rights agency finds </p><p>The scale of the discrimination faced by people from minority ethnic backgrounds at the hands of European police forces has been detailed in an EU agency report marking the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/23/george-floyd-minneapolis-anniversary-events">anniversary of the killing of George Floyd</a> by an officer in the US.</p><p>The findings of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) highlight a general trend in which minority ethnic people are stopped and searched more regularly across the continent, and the particularly stark picture in some European countries.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/25/eu-report-highlights-widespread-use-of-stop-and-search-on-ethnic-minorities">Continue reading...</a>