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i l g p h e mu r d e r o f a y o u n g b l a c k ma n ,
K erw in Du inm i je r , by a rac i s t
IB s k in h ead - c o m m em o r a ted ev er y y ear
on A u g u s t 2 0 t h - h as b ec o m e t h e f i r s t s y mb
o l o f th e v i o le n t ex c l u s io n o f t h e
m i ll ion p lus B lack and m ig r an t peop le in
Dutch so c iety . Du tch l ibe ral s s t i l l c l i ng to
t he o ld m y th t h a t , u n l i ke th e i r Eu ropean
neighbou rs , t h ey have k ep t t o t h e i r t r ad i
t io n s o f t o l er an c e an d w a r m e n t e n t e .
Unassa ilab le p ro o f is t h e i r g o v e rn m en t ' s
po s i t i ve ac t i on and in teg ra t i on po l ic ies . Bu tt
h e s t ar k r e al i t y o f t h e D u t c h B lac k c o m m u
n i t ies is bes t express ed by recen t u n em
p lo y m en t s t at is t ic s w h i c h p u t t h e m a t th
e
bo t tom o f t h e heap . Wh i l e cu r ren t un em
p l o y m en t am o n g w h i t e D u t c h h as reac h ed
11%, t he f igu res f o r u nem p loy ed B lack
peop le (Sur inam ese, A ru b ean s & Curacaese ,Mo lucc an
s Mo ro cc ans Turk s ) is 35 %
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EUROPEAN ANTI-RACIST NETWORK
LAUNCHES 1995 CAMPAIGNS1995 w i l l be a yea r o f cha l lenges
fo r t he
a n t i -r a c is t m o v e m e n t th r o u g h o u t Eu
rope . Th is was the unan imous v iew o f
de lega tes to t he Genera l Assemb ly o f
t h e E u ro p e an A n t i -R a c i s t N e t w o r k f o r
Equal i t y in Europe who gathered in Brusse ls t o e lec t t he
i r Sec re ta r ia t f o r
t h e f o r t h c o m i n g y e a r a n d h a m m e r o u t
a
p r o g r a m m e o f c a m p a i g n s .
In the run up to the Intergovernmental
Conference in 1996, the Assembly has
agreed to prioritise a campaign to amend the
Maastricht treaty to include provision on racematters. As it
stands, the Treaty studiously avoids
any mention of race policy letting the European
Union off the hook redarding legislation on these
matters.
The Network has set up a working group to build
on the work already done by a Committee of
Experts and finalise a set of amendments whichwill be put to a
European consultative conference
due to take place in Rome in July 1995. This
Conference will include anti-racist groups, Black,
migrant and refugees organisations, jurists,
politicians and academics. The ARA is currently
preparing submissions on free movement within
the European Union, and on the prohibition of
discrimination.
Other priorities include an event to mark the
abolition of borders by the Schengen signatory
countries and a roundtable with MEPs in Cannes
at the onset of the French presidency of the
European Union. This will help consolidate the
Network programme of work with MEPs from all
parties.
Finally, a project for an international anti-racist
youth camp in Italy this Summer was submitted
by Nero e Non Solo and approved by the Assembly. Since then, SOS
Racisme (Spain) have
decided to enlarge their annual Summer camp
near Barcelona to make it an international event
capable of hosting in excess of 1500 young
people.
The ARA has been elected to the seven-
strong Secretariat of the Network and is doingthe administration
work.
The ARA has also been elected to repre
sent the Network at the Council of Europe in all
matters dealing with race and xenophobia.
