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Monday 20 December 2010

Caste-based discrimination exists across Britain‏

New research commissioned by the Government has found that caste-based discrimination exists across Britain, prompting further calls to outlaw the malpractice that blights the lives of many people with origins in the Indian sub-continent.

The research, commissioned as part of the debate over the Equalities Bill 2010 that received royal assent in April, was conducted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and published last week:

http://www.equalities.gov.uk/docs/101213%20NIESR%20Report%20on%20Caste%20Discrimination%20in%20Great%20Britain.doc