EU report highlights widespread use of ‘stop and search’ on ethnic minorities

Roma, sub-Saharan Africans and other minorities stopped frequently by police across Europe, rights agency finds

The scale of the discrimination faced by people from minority ethnic backgrounds at the hands of European police forces has been detailed in an EU agency report marking the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by an officer in the US.

The findings of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) highlight a general trend in which minority ethnic people are stopped and searched more regularly across the continent, and the particularly stark picture in some European countries.