domestic Office data from 11 UK cities obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Bristol Cable casts doubt on intelligence’ behind stopsOne in five people stopped by immigration enforcement teams in Britain’s biggest cities is a UK national,according to newly revealed figures that critics say cast doubt on official claims that such stops are “intelligence-led”.
The figures, obtained through freedom of information requests, or expose that out of 102552 stopped in the past five years,19096 18.6% – were British citizens. Lawyers say they lend credence to suspicions of unlawful racial profiling.
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Source: guardian.co.uk