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Brexit stirs up racism in the UK

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Roberto Galea 28.06.2016 16:12
  • Brexit stirs up racism in the UK
The Polish Embassy in London has voiced serious concern over the latest anti-Polish incidents reported over the weekend.
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Sławek Szefs reports that immigrant Poles had been targeted with highly derogatory remarks and actions in London's Hammersmith district and in Huntington, Cambridgeshire.

Commenting on the results of the Brexit referendum, Professor John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde said it would be a mistake to assume that the negative opinions about immigration were stirred up by the referendum campaign.

“I would suggest that the campaign reflected a concern that was already there and will not disappear until the level of migration drops,” the academic at Strathclyde's School of Government and Public Policy, told Polish Radio.

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