Hate speech in England Rises 500 Percent Post-Brexit

LONDON, British police on Thursday (30/06/2016), said the number of reported hate speech online, including assault, increased more than 500 percent.

That was the case a week after the EU referendum were held in the UK shows that the majority, or 51.9 percent of citizens voted "leave" or out of the EU bloc.

Hate speech reported via online to the police as much as 331 since the election, compared to an average of 63 cases per week, said Sara Thornton, Chairman of the Board Chief of the National Police, as reported by Reuters on Friday (07/01/2016) pm,

Increasing cases of evidence that supports violence against Muslims and Eastern Europe during the referendum, namely concerns over immigration that encourages many people choose to leave the EU.

"I was shocked and disgusted to some cases of racism or violence antiimigran reported this week," said Thornton.

"The immigrants reported verbal abuse, negative comments in social media, including the use of language that is xenophobic, flyers antipendatang, and physical assaults in small quantities," he said.

Critics of the campaign "leave" that fueled xenophobia and racism are part of the message that by leaving the EU, the UK will stop the uncontrolled immigration due to pressure of work and public services.

According to Thornton, the police asked to provide data on these crimes every week to form a clear picture of the scale of the problem.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday (06/29/2016), promised to keep an eye on the speech of hatred after a number of legislators showed kehawatirannya on the reported events in the region.

The issue was also referred to in the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, Belgium.

The government promised more funds to cope with the speech of hatred, increasing reports of attacks, and put a security officer in places prone.

A week before the referendum, a lawmaker from the main opposition party, the Labour Party, namely Jo Cox, who is a supporter of England remain joined in the EU was shot and stabbed to death as he met constituents in northern England.