SUMMARY
Today in Europe people both online and in the physical are experiencing hate, violence, profanity and
marginalisation because of their heritage, ethnicity, religion, race or nationality. This problem is
growing. Research by agencies in Europe including the EU agency for Fundamental Rights shows
that hate crime is on the rise, including hate crime motivated by racism, Antisemitism, xenophobia
and religion. Parallel to this, there are growing migrant and refugee populations across Europe, and
questions of the impact of migrants and the control of these populations has become a topic of
debate and wide media attention. However, there is still a lack of understanding into migration and
refugees within Europe; many people still see migrants as a threat to their societies.
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