Racist incidents in Ireland are up by 85 percent this year.
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The Immigrant Council of Ireland has
reported a significant increase in the number of racist incidents and
hate crimes in the first eleven months of this year compared to the same
period in 2012.
According to TheJournal.ie, 142 incidents have been reported since January, compared to 77 in the same period last year.
Verbal abuse accounts for the majority of cases, at 35 percent, while 17 percent are written abuse accounts.
Most of the incidents occurred in a person's local community or workplace, the Irish Times reported.
Discrimination and social exclusion
accounted for 24 percent; written harassment, 17 percent; physical
violence, 9 percent; property damage and racist graffiti, 7 percent; and
non-verbal harassment, 7 percent.
The
figures were “alarming and once again show racism is a reality which
people and families are facing in their communities," said ICI chief
executive Denise Charlton.
She added:
“While the findings are preliminary and we will produce more details in
the new year, they are nevertheless stark. People have been made victims
in their own homes, at work, on the street and increasingly online.”
Charlton said the organization mounted an extensive advertising and social media campaign this year.
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