Polish people and Muslims in the UK have reported an outbreak of what British police are treating as “hate crimes” in the weekend following the Brexit vote.
In the London borough of Hammersmith, the glass doors of a Polish cultural centre, Posk, were daubed with a vulgar anti-Polish slogan on Sunday (25 June).
Joanna Mludzinska, the Posk chairman, said in a video statement: “We were very disturbed and upset this morning to find really unpleasant graffiti all across the front of ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.