According to figures released by the Home Office, the information held in the United Kingdom DNA database is predominantly made up of black males. This is despite white males being statistically more likely to be an offender.

A number of human and racial discrimination rights groups are due to meet to discuss issues with keeping an innocent person’s details on the database for up to 12 years.

The figures show that 27% of the black population in the UK are on the database, which is drastically higher than the 6% for the white population.

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