Media Archive

The purpose of this archive is to monitor media portrayals of immigration and asylum by local and national press during the Public Images / Local Perceptions research project.

LOCAL PRESS CUTTINGS

Refugee Views Sought in Study
City folk will help determine Government policies

14.08.00 BBC News Online Race attacks on asylum seekers
Police are investigating a series of violent attacks on asylum seekers in Hull. One person has been stabbed, and another lost an eye when he was hit with a stone.

19.08.00 Socialist Worker Resistance to Racist Terror
KURDISH refugees have been forced to flee Hull, East Yorkshire, and return toKent after a series of racist attacks. The attacks included the stabbing of a 19 year old. He was hospitalised after being knifed in the chest just 24 hours after arriving in Hull.

07.08.01 BBC News Online Calm Plea as Race Tensions Rise
... in Hull, East Yorkshire, on Sunday, police said a 22-year-old Kurdish man was badly hurt in a racially-motivated attack.

03.06.02 Ananova Ltd National News White youths and asylum seekers clash in Hull
Police are stepping up patrols on a city's streets after fighting between ethnic minorities and white youths.

NATIONAL PRESS CUTTINGS
are stored in the PILC Media Archive on the Public Images / Local Connections Home Page.

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