Report confirms caste discrimination in U.K

• Britain could soon become the first western country to declare caste discrimination unlawful by recognising it as a form of racial prejudice if the Government accepts the recommendations of a study it commissioned to help it take a decision.
• In its long-awaited report, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a respected independent research body, found "evidence" of significant "discrimination and harassment" faced by Britian's nearly 200,000-strong Dalit community.
• According to the report, cases of caste discrimination or harassment related to "bullying" at work, discrimination in recruitment and promotions. There were also instances of people being denied access to services because of their caste.
• The report stressed that "caste awareness" was "concentrated amongst people with roots in the Indian sub-continent".