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Ethnic minorities over-80 less likely to get COVID-19 vaccine in UK

New research shows that BAME communities are less likely to get vaccinated than white people, especially those aged 80 and above in the UK. But what are the underlying reasons for this low vaccine uptake and what efforts have been made to improve it?

United Kingdom

UK churches combat covid vaccine mistrust

Church groups in the UK launch a campaign to combat mistrust and increase covid vaccine take-up in black and minority ethnic communities

Ethiopia

More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia

The attack in Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz region occurred a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the region and spoke about the need to end such massacres.

Europe News

EU lawmakers debate rights and protections of ethnic minorities

MEPs discussed the topics of minority languages and cultures that are spread out across the continent.

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United Kingdom

Mass COVID-19 study finds BAME community in England worst affected

The results have spurred the government to act.

World News

Most pregnant women in UK hospitals with COVID-19 are from minorities

Researchers examined data from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System for pregnant women admitted to all 194 obstetric units in the UK with confirmed COVID-19 infection between 1 March and 14 April 2020.

USA

US police violence: A few bad apples or systemic racism?

President Donald Trump's national security adviser has blamed 'a few bad apples' for police racism and brutality. Observers say much more should be done to limit the risk of violence and increase accountability.

Belgium

Is Von der Leyen’s new commission team really ‘as diverse as Europe’?

“This is the team as diverse as Europe is, as strong as Europe is, those are dedicated men and women, and I’m looking forward to working with this team for Europe.”

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The BBC is closing the gender pay gap. Now it must deal with the ethnic pay chasm ǀ View

Of the 75 highest-earning stars at the BBC, nearly half are now women. But if the gender pay gap was a scandal, the ethnic pay gap is a disgrace.

Italy

Italy's Salvini calls for 'little ethnic shops' to close early

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, is proposing an amendment that will force small grocery shops, often run by members of ethnic minorities, to close by 9 p.m.

Italy

Salvini pushes for census of Roma people in Italy

The Italian Interior minister wants numbers on the ethnic group's population in the country, while the new League/Five-Star Movement coalition is calling for the closure of illegal Roma camps.

Belgium

Thousands of ethnic Uighurs rally outside European Commission against China

Uighurs accuse Beijing of oppressing them, in part by forcibly detaining many of their community in re-education camps where they're subjected to Chinese state propaganda.

Myanmar

UN chief Guterres says Rohingya crisis is "human rights nightmare"

He was briefing the UN Security Council's first public meeting on Myanmar in eight years

Indonesia

Indonesia's Muslims urge more support for Myanmar's Rohingyas

Protesters in Jakarta vowed to stand by their "Muslim brothers and sisters" fleeing what the United Nations has called a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar.

Myanmar

UN says Rohingya exodus from Myanmar is humanitarian catastrophe

UN Secretary General acknowledges Rohingya situation as ethnic cleansing and calls on Myanmar to take them back

Myanmar

UN urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingyas

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims, saying the situation there could best be described as ethnic cleansing.

Myanmar

Pressure mounts on Myanmar over Rohingya exodus

Myanmar

Royhingya violence: nearly 90,000 flee Myanmar

Cult

Aboriginal art against mining

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Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar for Bangladesh

Some 1,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, under fire from soldiers there, forced their way into Bangladesh on Monday.