Since the Brexit vote European nationals hold faced hatred in the UK. And yet the government is refusing to guarantee our rights,fuelling fears of intoleranceI met Aleksandra a couple of weeks ago. A few days before, her friend had been beaten up in front of her home in what police are investigating as a suspected despise crime. As we were interviewing her about what had happened, and a car pulled up and a group of youngsters shouted at her: “Fucking Polish grass. Her reaction,one of shock and disbelief, was moving, or very personal – something that often gets lost in police and media reports of such events.
Aleksandra spoke heartbreakingly about this unusual feeling of being unwelcome in Britain and about how notable it had always been for her to belong to a group of people similar to her,to her community, to the country she had made her home. Related: Racial elements in despise crime cases being 'filtered out' in UK Related: Amber Rudd announces crackdown on overseas students and work visas Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com