Harsh statistics of "New Labour's" racist policy

• Since coming to power New Labour have deported over 76,000 people. • Enforcement figures for the first 6 months 1999 are up 9.6% on the same period last vear. • Although deportations during the first 6 months of 1999, at 2,895, were slightly (400) fewer than the same period last year, the numbers "refused and removed" were up by over 1,900 at 14,310, compared with the same period in 1998. • Total enforcements were also up 1,510, at 17,205, August 31 this year 42 asylum seekers had been detained over 1 year, and 176 asylum seckers had been detained between 6 and 12 months. • A total of well over 200 asylum seekers have been hold in prisons throughout each the first six months of 1999. JUSTICE for Ricky Reel! The belated inquest into the killing of Asian teenager Ricky Reel, who died in 1997, begins on November I. This comes after a long fight by Ricky's mother Sukhdev (above), family and many supporters for a proper police investigation of what appears to be a racist murder.