Life is getting worse for young black Britons, research shows
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By Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
The life chances of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds have gotten much worse over the last five years, according to the biggest ever review of race inequality in Britain.
The research, published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, shows that long-term unemployment among young BAME people has increased by 49 per cent since 2010, while for white people it has fallen slightly.
Overall unemployment for black people is 12.9 per cent, more than double the rate among white people.
BME people are also less likely to occupy senior professional positions, and are more than twice as likely to be in insecure employment.
And although educational attainment is improving among ethnic minorities, those with degrees are two and a half times more likely to be unemployed than their white counterparts, and earn 23.1 per cent less on average.
BME people are far more likely to be victims of...
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