Ethnic minority graduates twice as likely to be unemployed

TUC urges government to recognise scale of problem and sets out proposals to redress it

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Black, Asian and minority ethnic workers who have a university degree are two and a half times more likely to be unemployed than their white counterparts, according to new analysis published by the TUC.

Official statistics show the unemployment rate for white workers with degrees is 2.3 per cent. It rises to 5.9 per cent among graduates from ethnic minorities, reports the Times Higher Education.

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