Race chief's warning over city segregation

Cities where ethnic minorities are in a majority pose a critical threat to tolerance and stability, the head of the Government's race equality watchdog has said.
Trevor Phillips warned that such "plural cities" where whites are in a minority will bring a risk of "mistrust and fracture" between rival groups.
There is a need for "tough decisions" to avoid segregation, the Commission for Racial Equality chief said.

Mr Phillips's warning came in advance of a speech to be delivered in Leicester, likely to be one of the first cities where the majority of the population is non-white.
Birmingham, Oldham and Bradford are also expected shortly to become "plural cities".
In London, seven boroughs have ethnic minority majorities. The CRE chief has spent the last six months warning of the dangers of multiculturalism, the doctrine which encourages different groups to develop their own identities.
He has also said that Britain may be sliding into segregation and suggested a number of measures to prevent this, including the adjustment of catchment areas to prevent single-group schools.
He has also questioned the automatic observation of minority religious holidays and the publication of public information in multiple languages and suggested that Muslims who prefer to live under Islamic sharia law should leave the country.
In his warning that the future of multiracial cities may not be smooth, Mr Phillips said: "We have some tough decisions to make.
"Events across Europe have shown how segregation breeds mistrust and fracture. The benefits of plural cities can be great, but we need to look at the future and act responsibly."
The CRE chief is expected to point to continuing disorder in France, and to disruptive protests across Europe against the cartoons of Mohammed published by a Danish newspaper, as examples of the difficulties that segregation brings.
Signs of breakdown between different communities have also been showing in Britain. Disorder in Birmingham broke out largely between Asian and Caribbean groups last year, and tension between Muslims and other groups remains high in cities in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that one in seven of the population is now non-white.

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