BAME people about 70% of those held at UK ports under terror laws, data shows

Campaigners say logs since 2021 show disproportionate targeting of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds

About 70% of the thousands of people stopped at UK ports under anti-terrorism laws since 2021 were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, according to figures which have fuelled concerns that counter-terrorist policing is institutionally racist.

The figures from police logs released to the Guardian under freedom of information laws also show that fewer than one in five people who were stopped under the same laws in this period were recorded as being white.