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UK vows action after racist attacks on Poles and Muslims in wake of Brexit

By Michael HoldenLONDON, Jun 27 (Reuters) Polish and Muslim leaders in Britain expressed concern today after a spate of racially motivated hate crimes following last week's vote to leave the European Union in which immigration was widely regarded as a key factor in the outcome.Police said offensive leaflets targeting Poles had been distributed in a town in central England, and graffiti had been daubed on a Polish cultural centre in London yesterday, three days after the vote.Meanwhile, Islamic groups said there had been a sharp rise in incidents against Muslims since last Friday, many of which were directly linked to the decision for a British exit, or Brexit.Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the attacks in parliament."In the past few days we have seen despicable graffiti daubed on a Polish community centre, we've seen verbal abuse hurled against individuals because they are members of ethnic minorities," he said."We will not stand for hate crime or these kinds of attacks.
They must be stamped out," he added.
The Polish embassy in London said in a statement it was shocked and deeply concerned by the xenophobic abuse and Poland's foreign affairs minister Witold Waszczykowski said he had discussed the issue with David Lidington, Britain's Europe Minister.Immigration emerged as one of the key themes of the EU referendum campaign, with those who backed a British exit arguing membership of the bloc had allowed uncontrolled numbers of migrants to come to Britain from eastern Europe.A few days before the vote, Sayeeda Warsi, a former minister in Cameron's ruling Conservative Party, quit the Brexit campaign accusing it of spreading lies, hatred and xenophobia.There has been a large Polish community in Britain since World War Two and that number has grown after Poland joined the EU in 2004. There are about 790,000 Poles living in Britain according to official figures from 2014, the second-largest overseas-born population in the country after those from India.OFFENSIVE LEAFLETS
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