Councils must address ethnic tensions
[12th May 2008]
The government will say today that councils should be working harder to prevent conflicts caused by migration and diversity in 'hot spot' areas.
Some experts have already called on councils to set up early warning systems to prevent race riots. Last year, the Commission on Integration and Cohesion said that areas that had never previously experienced change caused by immigration were the most likely to experience tensions between different communities.
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