European Union embassies in the United Kingdom have reported a rise in xenophobic attacks on their citizens by Britons.
The EU embassies in Britain recently filed 60 incidents of suspected hate crime and abuse against their citizens.
On Monday, the British daily The Guardian published a survey based on which xenophobia, which was already present in the UK society, intensified since the referendum on Britain’s exit from the EU.
The Guardian contacted the embassies of all 27 EU member states in London for an inquiry.
Only 17 embassies replied. Out of them, the embassies of Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland confirmed the rise of xenophobic abuse in the 12 weeks since the EU referendum.
The Polish Embassy said 31 incidents of hate crime – the highest rate among other foreign missions – had been logged since June 23, including eight attacks in the past three weeks.
