Rejected petition Take urgent measures to address racist/hate crime post EU referendum results

In the days following the EU referendum there have been reports of an increase in racist incidents thought to be linked to the result. This is unacceptable. We ask the Government to take necessary measures to protect all members of our society and stop the spread of such toxic attitudes/behaviour

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/153589

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Date submitted 27 June 2016
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