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Almost two out of three Britons fear race tensions could spill over into violence and half the population want immigrants to be encouraged to leave, a poll showed on Friday.
In a country where the last serious race riots erupted seven years ago between white and Asian youths, the head of the equality watchdog called the poll findings "alarming".
"What worries me is if that friction starts to catch fire -- if people genuinely believe it's going to catch fire -- then we're in trouble," said Equality and Human Rights Commission head Trevor Phillips.
Of the 1,000 people sounded out by Mori pollsters for the BBC, 60 percent said Britain had too many immigrants.
A quarter of those polled said their area did not feel like Britain anymore because of immigration. Just 20 percent admitted to being racially prejudiced.
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The BBC poll marked the 40th anniversary of an infamous "rivers of blood" speech by Conservative politician Enoch Powell who expressed fears about levels of immigration and how the indigenous population felt "a sense of alarm and resentment".
"As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding, like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood," he said.
I wonder what Britain is supposed to' feel' like?
BBC NEWS | UK | Britons fear race violence - poll
Poll shows Britons fear race violence could erupt - Yahoo! News UK
In a country where the last serious race riots erupted seven years ago between white and Asian youths, the head of the equality watchdog called the poll findings "alarming".
"What worries me is if that friction starts to catch fire -- if people genuinely believe it's going to catch fire -- then we're in trouble," said Equality and Human Rights Commission head Trevor Phillips.
Of the 1,000 people sounded out by Mori pollsters for the BBC, 60 percent said Britain had too many immigrants.
A quarter of those polled said their area did not feel like Britain anymore because of immigration. Just 20 percent admitted to being racially prejudiced.
...
The BBC poll marked the 40th anniversary of an infamous "rivers of blood" speech by Conservative politician Enoch Powell who expressed fears about levels of immigration and how the indigenous population felt "a sense of alarm and resentment".
"As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding, like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood," he said.
I wonder what Britain is supposed to' feel' like?
BBC NEWS | UK | Britons fear race violence - poll
Poll shows Britons fear race violence could erupt - Yahoo! News UK