Scoreboard Newsletter

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This issue of the Scoreboard Newsletter, published by the Standing Conference on Racial Equality (SCORE) in Europe, highlights critical concerns about racial equality across the European Community in the early 1990s. It addresses the British government's policies on immigration and racism during its 1992 presidency of the European Community. The newsletter calls for stronger European measures to combat racial discrimination and to protect the rights of Black and minority ethnic communities.

Key points:
– The newsletter critiques the British government’s 1992 European Community presidency for advancing the 'racist Asylum and Immigration Appeals Bill' and resisting European competence on race relations.
– It documents increasing racial violence and discrimination against the estimated 13 million Black and minority ethnic people living in the European Community as 1993 approaches.
– SCORE’s Alternative Summit in Edinburgh (December 1992) urged European governments to establish a Standing Committee and EC Commissioner focused on racial equality.
– The newsletter proposes policy demands including an inter-governmental Convention or EC directive against racial discrimination and rights to family reunion, free movement, and permanent residency for migrants within the EU.
– It calls for equal opportunities in employment, education, housing, health, and social services, and adherence to the 1951 Geneva Convention on asylum policies.

Bernie Grant, as Chair of SCORE (UK), played a central role in urging European-wide commitments to racial equality and anti-racism during a period of rising racial tensions. This newsletter reflects his and the wider Black British political movement’s efforts to engage with European institutions, challenge racist government policies, and advocate for the rights and protections of Black and minority ethnic communities across local, national, and international contexts.

Source note: The OCR transcript contains minor typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies, but the key messages and terminology regarding policies and political statements remain clear and faithfully represented.