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Runnymede Trust: Police Ethnicity Disclosures Fuel Prejudice

11/24/2025

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Runnymede Trust, a racial justice campaign group, warns police disclosure of suspects’ ethnicity and nationality fosters prejudice.
The groups’ research shows a fivefold rise in the term 'asylum seeker' in crime coverage since August.
Critics say this framing links crime to ethnicity or migration status, undermining social cohesion.
The groups, supported by various organizations, call for repeal, arguing the policy distracts from crime and revives outdated racial narratives.

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Runnymede Trust, a racial justice campaign group, warns police disclosure of suspects’ ethnicity and nationality fosters prejudice.
The groups’ research shows a fivefold rise in the term 'asylum seeker' in crime coverage since August.
Critics say this framing links crime to ethnicity or migration status, undermining social cohesion.
The groups, supported by various organizations, call for repeal, arguing the policy distracts from crime and revives outdated racial narratives.