Caabu deplores increase in hate crime following Brexit vote

UPDATED ON 1st July

Caabu is deeply distressed by the increase in incidents of hate crime in the UK since the results of the EU referendum.

Since the decision, there has been an outbreak of xenophobic abuses. The police has dealt with a 400% increase in reported incidents, a shocking statistic. There have been 331 reports of hate crimes to True Vision, a police-funded reporting website since the 23rd June,  compared with a weekly average of  63 reports before the vote.

 

 

Caabu sees this as a result of the concerning intolerant campaigns during the run up to the referendum, which included the following misleading poster issued by UKIP leader Nigel Farage:

The hate crimes have been targeted mainly at Eastern European and Muslim members of the community.

A halal butcher in Walsall has been the victim of a deplorable petrol bomb attack, an incident which is just one of many.

The Muslim Council of Britain has “called on political and civic leaders to urgently come together and deal with the division that has come about as a result of the European Referendum and the campaign preceding it.” It has compiled over 100 incidents reported of hate crimes following the referendum result.

Caabu welcomed the comments of the Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday condemning the attacks: “Let’s remember these people have come here and made a wonderful contribution to our country. We will not stand for hate crime or these kinds of attacks, they must be stamped out.” Caabu is also grateful to hear that the PM will be formulating a "new action plan" to tackle hate crime.

 

 

Commenting on the situation on the 28th June, Caabu’s director, Chris Doyle, had this to say: “It is only 12 days since Jo Cox was killed in public in a hate crime and yet the level of hatred seems to have got worse. After her death many politicians publicly called for politics to be less hostile but this seems to have been quickly forgotten.”  

 

 

Caabu stands with the public and MPs who are rallying together to decry the racist events which must not be tolerated and hopes that necessary measures to protect the community and stop hate-fuelled incidents will indeed be taken.