tv Inside Out BBC News February 11, 2017 2:30pm-3:01pm GMT
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travelling to the us. labour front bench mps who defied jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit 52 labour mps rebelled in wednesday's vote, including 11 junior shadow ministers, and three whips. the government will fund lessons in cyber security in schools in england — it's hoped that pupils will spend up to four hours a week working through "real—world challenges" in a bid to develop careers defending britain from online attacks. a further 240 pilot whales have become stranded on a remote beach in new zealand. more than 300 of the 400 original arrivals have died. volunteers have been working to refloat the whales in one of country's biggest ever mass strandings. now on bbc news, a selection of stories from inside out london.
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i matthew wright, you're watching inside out. does having a muslim name damage your chances in the job market? there is a link in people's minds between that and terrorism. that is why there is a problem. how the brexit vote is making it tough to find the european nurses the nhs needs. on the nhs is already greatly understaffed. if you take away the eu nurses it will be mayhem. and the american crayfish invading the capital pot and what ways .— it was recognised that these american crayfish that they thought were immune to the crayfish plague carried it, and that will kill any non—american crayfish within two or three weeks. president trump's travel orders
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against seven muslim majority countries has been religious discrimination at the top of the news agenda. termination can come in many forms, both blatant and subtle, and inside out maul has been investigating whether and under representation of muslims is as a result of discrimination in thejobs market. we conducted 0ur result of discrimination in thejobs market. we conducted our own exclusive research and caroline wyatt has the story. i'm in between jobs at the moment. it is quite clear that it is not my qualifications that is the issue, it is my religion. nmi is there is a link between islam and terrorism. i think that is why they think there isa think that is why they think there is a link. they don't want to employ
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others. i been taken along the lines of changing my name. just to get the focus of my religion. kangol name religion hurt your search for a job? it isa religion hurt your search for a job? it is a topic of debate amongst many muslims with good reason. according toa muslims with good reason. according to a report, muslims are three times more likely to be unemployed than anyone else. soldiers are based on your race. . . anyone else. soldiers are based on your race... is coach works with many muslim job—seekers. she claims some officers have admitted to routinely rejecting applicants with muslim horse or in sounding names. they have said to me the record that when organisations do contact them, they have said don't send as any foreign names. when i have questioned them, are you colluding with them in not sending them, the recruitment consultants have said,
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well, we need the business, and what is the point of sending them cds and applications when the ad is going to be returned. armies of applicants at a disadvantage? racv is more likely to be rejected ? a disadvantage? racv is more likely to be rejected? to find out, we don't undertake a experiment. every park about managerial jobs, don't undertake a experiment. every park about managerialjobs, it is really a cv or an application that starts the process. we have teamed up starts the process. we have teamed up with one of the uk's most renowned social scientist to help with the experiments to ensure its accuracy. what we have done here is great to resonate that are more or less identical. but they give to different names. in one case here we have abdul and in another muhammad. so these two job—seekers averagely
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indistinguishable, though they have both have achieved degrees. they both have achieved degrees. they both worked as trainee managers and will each be submitting applications for vacancies in the highly competitive field of advertising sales. we will later find competitive field of advertising sales. we will laterfind out competitive field of advertising sales. we will later find out how they are doing. i have lived here for five years. like many with the women, this woman attends classes to help with her english. this is like this take place across the capital after government research suggested poor language skills were to blame for high levels of unemployment. but even muslims who speak impeccable english can struggle. ahmed, who doesn't want to be identified, works asa building doesn't want to be identified, works as a building contractor and is speaking from experience about a disturbing incident with a potential employer. you is recruiting someone
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for a managerial position, it would involve travelling to china, japan, it was my dream job. if you days later, and it received a text message from the man who had requested his cvs. my previous dislike of islam has no hard and into real hate. that religion threatens our society, he said. i felt threatened. this person with so much hatred has got my address. he could do something to my family. muslim men are 76% less likely to be employed than their white christian counterparts. growing numbers claim they are barred from the workforce due to prejudice. there is a perception of muslim employees in considered to be disloyal,
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political, there appears to sometimes read as being fundamentalist. this woman is a barrister who represents muslims taking legal action against employers. she believes that prejudice against muslims in the job market has escalated dramatically over the last 15 years. every time there is a terrorist incident, will see that there is a growth in this treatment of employees. there has beena treatment of employees. there has been a spate of these cases since the terrorist attacks of 2005. many muslim applicants modify the names to improve their chances in the job market. some muslims have even been forced by theirjob markets to bats bosses to adopt english names. my employer looked at my name and said it wouldn't do, ez introduce yourself as terry miles, some name
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like that. i was very unhappy to do so. like that. i was very unhappy to do so. mio recovery joseph instead. i ke pt so. mio recovery joseph instead. i kept saying no, that's not right. the athlete i had a middle name, but he couldn't pronounce it, so he just told me chris. this man works for a farm is. it has taken him their to reach this senior role.|j farm is. it has taken him their to reach this senior role. i put my cv in and was disappointed that i got rejection letters, someone suggested that i put in an english name with my cv and see who they offer the job to? cyprus in my real name and i also put one in whichjohn smith. john smith got the interview. i got rejected for the interview. john smith got the interview. i got rejected for the interviewm john smith got the interview. i got rejected for the interview. it is the man since ourjob—seekers apply for the same 100 vacancies, so how have they done? allen adam got 12
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positive responses. —— full responses from headhunters. the other applicant only got to enquiries from headhunters. what we have identified is that the muslim sounding person byes cv is only likely to get them an interview in one out of three cases where an anglo—saxon neighbours get a response, a positive response. research is based on a small sample, but it does indicate a pattern of prejudice. some organisations are trialling name blind cds, which stopped recruitment office making unfairjudgments. stopped recruitment office making unfair judgments. this unemployed chartered surveyor believes the effect is limited. i've seen many people who are less skilled than me but have risen up into more senior
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management positions much faster and quicker, because their face fits. an application from a candidate like myself at that early stage, sometimes they don't reveal the name of the person, but clearly when you wa nt of the person, but clearly when you want into an interview, it is quite apparent that you're not going to be john smith. high levels of joblessness have had a devastating effect on muslim communities across the capital. more than half of muslim households live in poverty, higher than any other social group. changing this will require equal access to employment. caroline wyatt reporting. still to come,... my best customers and the authors. we want crayfish. —— authors.
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customers and the authors. we want crayfish. -- authors. mps have been thrashing out a bill to trigger brexit, some sectors were a scene where the effects of being keenly felt. that is certainly case for the nhs, which is heavily dependent on the eu nurses, especially here in the eu nurses, especially here in the capital. 0ur urgent calls for the capital. 0ur urgent calls for the government to clarify the status of these workers to protect front line services. we made some fantastic people who are anxious, who come here because they want to doa who come here because they want to do a really good job to a high standard. what they want is clarity, like we all do. to sell the nhs do you nurses is much harder than it was prior to brexit. the nhs is already really gravely understaffed, see if you take away the universes,
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it will be mayhem. —— eu nurses. this man completed his medical training in austria, he is now working as a senior staff nurse at great on the. he is a long-term ventilated patient, he had six surgeries already, he was really sick at the beginning will stop he is smiling all the time now and he is smiling all the time now and he is getting really good. i came here in december 2015 and i've been working here since then. i always wa nted working here since then. i always wanted to gain international experience and prove my skills. for me, the nhs means always excellence and high standards. you're addressing has been changed, right? last summer's vote in favour of
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brexit means that the future status of nurses like him is uncertain. they may lose theirjobs and be forced to leave the uk. the situation is unclear. we have a loss of nurses from abroad, spain, italy and portugal, it is a big impact for the nhs if we had to leave. i do hope there will be a chance to stay here. cuts to training budgets and a shortage of nurses mean that many hospitals rely heavily on eu nurses like this man. we haven't got enough nurses in the uk to fill our vacancies and we do need people who wa nt vacancies and we do need people who want to come and work and live in the uk, and when you look at the figures, which are high, it is 13% of the nurses in london have been recruited from europe. that is 7000 individuals that are currently
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supporting our families and our people out with their care. that is a big impact if they were not to be hair. we're going to do ventilation here... i le pen a world in the european union where there was no question about if i would be welcome in another state, i would just go because i can, it is my right. is italian nurse is in herfinal year of training at london's southbank university. she may also be forced to leave the uk after brexit.|j university. she may also be forced to leave the uk after brexit. i was quite shocked by the brexit vote. i never expected a result like this. i felt a bit betrayed because these are the people that we look after, so are the people that we look after, so they can see the level of care we provide, they can see how we work. to think that they act the professor
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as not being hair, it was a bit of a shock. she believes that brexit is going to throw up numerous obstacles for eu nurses wanted to work here. going to throw up numerous obstacles for eu nurses wanted to work herelj think there is going to be first of all a psychological impact on nurses wanting to come here, and then there is the practicalities. need a visa? they might say you can't stay here unless you have a certain minimum income. what if they lose theirjob for whatever reason? do they need to be deported? currently, recruiting nurses from the eu is relatively straightforward. the european directive ensures that training standards are the same across all the member states. post brexit, this is likely to change. if we do have to treat those coming from spain, italy, france on the same footing as
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those coming from canada and the etc, it is probably going to take longer. funny companies who have been recruiting eu nurses for the nhs, the pipeline has already started to drive. we have seen approximately a 20% reduction of placements. to sell the nhs to the eu nurses is much harder than it was prior to brexit. they are scared of giving up everything within their homes, moving across to the uk, and not feeling valued, feeling like it might not be a permanent opportunity. last time i was in spain, iwas opportunity. last time i was in spain, i was approached by a nurse who wondered if she would be welcome in england. which is such a shame. new figures have revealed that while over 1300 nurses from the eu register to work in britain last
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july, in december that figure had fallen to just over july, in december that figure had fallen tojust over 100. july, in december that figure had fallen to just over 100. among the eu nurses already employed here, only those who have worked long enough to qualify for residency had been able to achieve a degree ofjob security. i applied for a permanent residents and i got the results in december, and from now until... and now i can nicely worked here and stay in the uk. so the doctors saw you today... this nurse completed her degree and portico a goal in 2009. since then, she has worked for a london hospital trust, supervising stroke patients. that is why you're having problems with your right hand. the left side of the brain controls the right side. if i were staying in portugal, i would be a clinical specialist seven years after i qualified. i think the nhs invests in their staff in a way that
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my country doesn't. we think your stroke is on the left side of the brain. there are many eu nurses working here who might not have the option of staying. concerns about the potential damage brexit could do to the nursing pipeline are being put to the government by the cavendish coalition. and an umbrella group of 33 different health organisations including nhs employers. what they are asking for is that they are granted indefinite leave to remain. so they they are clear they have a real commitment from this country to being part of our population and part of our social care and health provision beyond just leaving the european union. we contacted the department of health told is that the prime minister has been clear... for london's 7000 eu nurses official
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assurances can come soon for london's 7000 eu nurses official assurances can come soon enough. for london's 7000 eu nurses official assurances can come soon enoughlj certainly want to see the government clarifying their position on eu workers. they know perfectly the nhs cannot cope without ours. they have to do it build batter is about as the nhs will collapse. —— with outdoors. it's great that so many of our rivers and canals are a lot cleaner than they used to be, and wildlife is thriving. however, is one resident of what a waste that has been making itself unwelcome. we said nigel barden divide out more about the invasion of the american crayfish. —— find out. this could be the mississippi delta. it is only 12
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miles from the city of london. dust is the perfect time to set your crayfish trap. —— dusk. this fisherman is looking forward to a good catch. we use a bait of mackerel or anything fishy and oily and wejust mackerel or anything fishy and oily and we just placed that out in the water, make sure the zip is closed, and we leave them in there for approximately 2a to 48 and we leave them in there for approximately 24 to 48 hours,. they can go out. on a good catch, that would be between 120 and 150 kilos. that is a lot of crayfish. crayfish are very tasty and crayfish gumbo is are very tasty and crayfish gumbo is a fantastic dish. 0ur waterways and london are chock—full of them. this isn't a great story about food on our doorstep, it is bad news, because these are invaders. they nearly killed off all our native
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species. but how did they get here in the first place? they were introduced for fishery business to export to stand on a via back in 1976. they were put into various quarries and fisheries around outside london and further, and they breed and they've got legs and they can get out the lakes, which they did. they sped around. very soon after they were introduced, it was recognised that these american crayfish that they thought were immune to the crayfish plague carried it, and that will kill any non—american crayfish within two or three weeks. and kill them it did. 0ur waterways are now full of these invaders. they become a big environmental problem as local fishermen have witnessed. they can
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damage the environment, burrow into the banks, clear natural vegetation and water which fish and other water invertebrates rely on. babel eat fish eggs. it stops further populations of fish coming through. occasionally they can easily catch and eat small fish. ayes he believes the answer is to trap and eat them. he started an organisation where he buys them from trappers and sells them on. i set it up as pest control, with the idea of trying to get rid of as many crayfish as possible. it seemed that not much was being done about it. i would do my various events, the da crayfish and boyle, a big party, but will get to over 100 kilos in an evening for one of those events. if you have those idea, glastonbury festival i
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get to quarter of a time. my best customers are the authors. they a lwa ys customers are the authors. they always wa nt customers are the authors. they always want crayfish. —— authors. the crayfish that you give to them and london zoo, where are they from? there is a lot of crayfish in the berkshire area and gloucestershire, and other places, i've got boots up in the thames, there is quite a lots by the m25, but are not allowed to get near them. trapping these pests seems to be a piece of cake. if we have so many of them, white and bob trap them in the shires but is not allowed anywhere near them here? many of the capital's waterways and managed by the canal and liver trust, and although they put the non—native
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crayfish and right near the top of their rogues gallery, they almost a lwa ys their rogues gallery, they almost always refused to let people trap them commercially. the crayfish will eat younger ones as well. if you put down traps, even though they are quite intensive basis, you're more likely to get the older crayfish and it means that they won't be there to keep the numbers down on the younger ones, and the population canjust explode. the other thing is the methods that are used to trap crayfish, these pots, they will catch other things as well and we had a number of incidents on our network over recent years where authors and birds have got caught in that. —— otters be found lots of illegal traps and this is one that we found just if you had regards from where we're standing now. what you can
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find its creatures, specifically otters, would be able to enter into the trap looking for the bait which is placed there to attract the crayfish, but once in there, the otters would find it difficult to get out and this is some measures under the water, and therefore they will drown. the canal and river trust are aware that most commercial trappers use safe and legal nets, and it really won both the crayfish and it really won both the crayfish and the illegal trappers out of our waterways. we have a close the door for ever on allowing mass trapping in london. a trial is going on on intensive trapping to try its effectiveness. it has been carried on, and if those results show that it can be done, we would look into working with it on the problem. we've got several reasons for not doing it. so far, we found very little else that actually does work,
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and severe got to find some way of tackling the invading —— invasive species. may be one way of helping the native crayfish would be to stop thinking of these american invaders as pests. like the otters, think of them as a delicious meal. i heartily say, the look tasty and the otters seemed to agree. that is all for this weeked inside out. you can catch up on the eye player if you head to the website. if you got a story about unnamed discrimination you think we should know about, drop usa you think we should know about, drop us a line. batter python watching. see you again soon. you often hear of aberdeenshire ‘s
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cold spot, but it is warmer there thanit cold spot, but it is warmer there than it is at gatwick airport right now. i did a bit degree but it is just shows how some called pass are just shows how some called pass are just now. this is a view from one of our weather watchers in dover. some spots in kent do have a covering of snow, but in highlands in the scotland, summers have a bright blue sky. in between the two, quite an area of rainfall, parts of south—east scotland in north—east england snow on the high hills. but the wet spell of weather. little to change anywhere on our part as a the wet spell of weather. little to changing weather patterns are triggered the night. lots of moisture, to the eastern side of the uk, the further west you will be drier. a little piles of rain, sleet or snow may get to you. another one of those will push across east anglia and south—east england as he goes to the evening. though quite well in the north—east. western
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scotla nd well in the north—east. western scotland and northwest england and west of wales and northern ireland will be a bit drier in comparison. any clearer zones, quite a severe frost developing in northern scotland. icy patches where the temperatures are lowest, particularly on higher ground. the biggest opening tonight and tomorrow, becoming colder. then we get more moisture coming in, which is more likely to fall us know through parts of north—east england, the east midlands and east anglia. lower level tha n the east midlands and east anglia. lower level than it has been. perhaps a centimetre or to accumulating. going into tomorrow morning, we are looking at the higher parts of the peak district and the pennines for significant snow drifting in the wind as well. most of that will be overly higher routes. the hundred metres and above you will see a lot of snow. the rest of uk tomorrow, plenty of cloud, sunshine at a premium, you may find it wide patch of rain or sleet, but it wide patch of rain or sleet, but it would be wet everywhere. temperatures are struggling in that
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stronger north—easterly wind. dull, damp first half of the day, it will get a bit brighter in paris. it bit milder is eager to the later stages of the afternoon. mundie has strong wind, protective parts of wales and western england. temperatures may start to creep up a little bit, it's a slow process. it will still feel cold at the start of next week, but you will see the trend is far more robust to reach into double figures as the beat goes on. sunny skies in the south—west. we both feel that when the wind biggest disease. —— begins to ease. this is bbc news.
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i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 3pm: president trump says he may rewrite the travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries, after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. we'll win that battle, but we also have a lot of other options including just filing a brand new order on monday. labour issues formal written warnings to frontbench mps, who defied jeremy corbyn in the commons brexit vote. lord dubbs delivers a petition to downing street calling on the government to accept more unaccompanied child refugees, after it closed a resettlement scheme. public opinion is on our side. parliamentary opinion, i believe, is on our side. i think the government should back off. if they have any sense and humanitarian instincts, it will dojust sense and humanitarian instincts, it will do just that. also in the next hour, 240
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