Diaspora communities
When immigrants from South Asia settle in other countries, they often bring the caste system with them. Recent research has shown that caste discrimination is common in the United Kingdom as well as the United States.
Below you will find links to relevant information on caste discrimination in the South Asian diaspora as well as other immigrant communities:
Hidden Apartheid - Voice of the Community (Full report, UK 2009) This report was published by the Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance in November 2009. It presents clear evidence of the existence of caste discrimination in the United Kingdom.
Hidden Apartheid - Voice of the Community (Executive summary)
No Escape - Caste Discrimination in the UK (2006)
UN working paper on caste discrimination: Section on diaspora communities (2004)
Work and Descent-Based Discrimination in the South Asian Diaspora (Briefing paper for the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, New York, 2003)
The UN principles and guidelines on caste discrimination also mentions the responsibilities of states with diaspora communities: "Governments of the countries with diaspora communities where discrimination based on work and descent is practiced should take effective measures to prevent such discrimination," the document states.
