The World : Bias in Britain Charged

A government-appointed body said Britain’s immigration policy discriminates against poor and black people and often causes intolerable delays in reuniting them with their British families. The Commission for Racial Equality said blacks are 300 times more likely to be refused entry than whites and that 20% of black women are barred when they try to join husbands who have settled in Britain. Commissioner Juliet Cheetham called the predicament of divided families especially serious, saying delays of three to four years are commonplace.