Race Crime: More Than 16 Are Victims Each Day
Byline: Graham Grant Home Affairs Editor
THE number of race crime victims in Scotland has soared to record levels, fuelling fears of a growing backlash against rising immigration.
New figures show that 5,972 people were the target of racist offences in 2008-2009 - more than 16 per day.
Shockingly, one in four such crimes were committed by children under 16.
There has also been a four-fold increase in the number of white, non-British victims from places such as Eastern Europe.
Scotland has seen a surge in racially motivated attacks since Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia joined the EU in 2004.
The figures, released yesterday …
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Article title: Race Crime: More Than 16 Are Victims Each Day.
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Newspaper title: Daily Mail (London).
Publication date: April 28, 2010.
Page number: 25.
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