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02-08-2013
Exclusive: Doreen Lawrence pledges to condemn 'racial profiling' spot checks in the House of Lords
Equalities watchdog says it will investigate the operations, with one member of the public saying it was akin to 'Nazi Germany'.
The Home Office faces investigation by the equalities watchdog over stop-and-check operations condemned by new Labour peer Doreen Lawrence.
The Independent revealed today that officials had conducted a series of “racist and intimidatory” spot checks to search for illegal immigrants in the wake of the Government's “go home or face arrest” campaign.