ABSTRACT
KO: The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) was set up by the Race Relations Act 1976 to work towards the elimination of racial discrimination in Britain, to promote equality of opportunity and good relations among the different racial groups and keep under review the working of the Act.1 Like its antecedent bodies (the Race Relations Board and the Community Relations Commission), the CRE is a nongovernmental body-in other words, set up by government but not of government. How does this non-governmental role impact on your effectiveness, considering the fact that the Home Office, a government department, is responsible for the implementation of immigration policy?
