The Polish embassy in London stated in a declaration it was shocked and deeply anxious by the xenophobic abuse and Poland’s foreign affairs minister Witold Waszczykowski stated he had talked about the problem with David Lidington, Britain’s Europe Minister. These attacks also have been slammed by PM David Cameron. “We will not stand for hate criminal activity or these sort of attacks”.
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Graffiti saying “Fuck you OMP” was daubed across the doors.
A spokesperson for the London Metropolitan Police said they were looking into the possible origin of xenophobic graffiti found on Hammersmith district’s Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK), Efe news reported.
“The police are investigating it as a racially motivated crime, but we have been very moved and extremely grateful to our local councillors and MPs and our neighbours”. “They must be stamped out”.
Immigration emerged as one of the key themes of the European Union referendum campaign, with those who backed a British exit arguing the bloc had allowed uncontrolled numbers of migrants to come to Britain from eastern Europe.
Warsi, the former chairwoman of the Conservative Party, initially backed the Leave campaign but switched over to Remain, saying the other side was “divisive and xenophobic”.
The Polish are the largest foreign-born population in Britain and community leaders expressed shock and outrage at the incidents.
OFFENSIVE LEAFLETS Cambridgeshire Cops said they were investigating after offending leaflets were left on cars and provided to houses in Huntingdon.
On Saturday, police launched an investigation in the town of Huntington in the southeast of the country, where laminated cards reading “Go home, Polish scum” and “No more Polish Vermin” were put through the mailbox of local members of the Polish community on Friday morning.
“Officers from Hammersmith and Fulham borough attended and enquiries are ongoing”.
Muslims have reported over 100 hate crimes across the country following the Thursday vote, according to the Muslim Council of Britain. “Our nation is experiencing a political crisis which, I fear, threatens the social peace”, stated Shuja Shafi, the MCB Secretary General. His government “will not tolerate intolerance” and condemns “some of the incidents we have seen across the country over the weekend of intimidating migrants and telling them that they need to go home”, he said.
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“The Brexit vote seems to have given courage to some with deeply prejudicial and bigoted views that they can air them and target them at predominantly Muslim women and visibly different settled communities”, Murghal said.
