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On "All Things Considered" this week (Sunday 14 September at 8.30am, repeated Wednesday 17 September at 6.30pm) Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests discuss issues involving race in Britain.

Churches across the country are this weekend celebrating the diversity which migration has brought to their communities. This Racial Justice Sunday theme is not one which will be universally welcomed. While many affirm that diversity enriches, there are also undeniable tensions.

A new survey says that eight out of ten people want a drastic reduction in immigration. An all-party group of MPs warns that Britain won't be able to cope with the estimated seven million newcomers expected over the next couple of decades.

And meanwhile the country's most senior Asian police officer is temporarily relieved of his responsibilities after lodging a claim against the Metropolitan Police alleging racial discrimination.

So is alarm or rejoicing the more appropriate response to the development of a multi-ethnic society? How much progress has actually been made on the often highly emotive issues surrounding race? And what are the responsibilities of churches and other faith communities in this area?

Roy Jenkins is joined by Bishop Dr Joe Aldred (Secretary, Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs, Churches Together in England), Reverend James Aylward (a member of the Wrexham Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Group trustee of the Welsh Refugee Council), Taha Idris (Director of Swansea Bay Race Equality Council) and Farida Patel (a GP practice manager in Port Talbot who came to the UK from India over thirty years ago).