Otherwise, go home.’” Ever since Brexit, Abrahamson said, something has changed in Britain. The number of racially related hate crimes (nearly 79,000 offences) rose 11% in the last year. Over 75% of all hate crimes recorded were related to race. Mike Kemp via Getty Images A scene from a "Brexit Betrayal March" organized by the UK Independence Party in December 2018. The Brexit referendum created deep divisions between the 52% who voted to leave and the 48% who wanted to stay, a rift that more than three years on remains unhealed.

Source: Huffington Post November 10, 2019 21:58 UTC