PBS NewsHour

In post-Brexit Britain, xenophobic attacks are on the rise

Clip: Season 2016 | 5m 45s

Immigrants and minorities in post-Brexit Britain are living in fear, reporting an uptick in xenophobic attacks that some are blaming on the immigrant scapegoating of the Leave movement. In Hammersmith, a Polish war memorial and a cultural center were vandalized and anti-Muslim pamphlets are making the rounds in Birmingham, where a Halal butcher was firebombed. Hari Sreenivasan reports from London.

Aired: 07/01/16 | Rating: NR

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