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Rising COVID-19 Racism: Reported hate crime against East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK has risen by nearly 50% from 2018 to 2020. EVR analysed data obtained via Freedom of Information requests made to all UK police forces. We have been coordinating with journalists from ITV News to break this story. The national broadcast, embedded below via Youtube video, aired on 6 October on the News at Ten. Regional broadcasts by ITV London and ITV Anglia aired on 7 October.

9 OCTOBER UPDATE: We have released our press statement on our 2018-20 hate crime data research. Read it here.