12/09/2024
Blog by Paul Noonan, Senior Policy Officer, Equality Commission NI
Writing in his latest blog, Paul Noonan, Senior Policy Officer at the Equality Commission, looks at the lack of a racial equality strategy in Northern Ireland.
"Racial equality made the news headlines last week as PSNI figures showed that racial hate incidents have reached an all-time high. These figures do not take into account the multiple acts of intimidation, damage to the property and businesses of minority ethnic citizens and acts of violence against them, following several anti-immigration protests in August.
Although Northern Ireland (NI) has become an increasingly diverse society over the last twenty years, progress on developing effective measures to tackle racism and racial inequality have been painstakingly slow."