Chinanews.com, May 25. According to the WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, the Chinese Embassy in the UK has recently paid attention to the occurrence of hate crimes in individual areas, in order to further improve the safety protection awareness and emergency relief of Chinese citizens in the UK. Ability to issue preventive reminders and response measures:

　　1. What is a hate crime?

Hate crimes refer to the hostility and behavior of a criminal suspect due to the victim’s disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or transgender identity.

The forms of crime include verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, harassment, assault, bullying and incurring property damage.

The criminal suspect may be a friend, guardian or acquaintance of the victim, and they use their relationship with the victim for financial gain or other criminal purposes.

　　2. The occurrence of hate crimes in the UK.

Hate crimes caused by racism, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc. are common crimes in the UK.

In 2019/20, a total of 105,000 hate crimes were recorded in the UK (not including Manchester data), and 83% of suspects were convicted.

Among them, crimes caused by racism accounted for 75% of the total, and crimes caused by sexual orientation increased by 19%, both hitting record highs.

At the beginning of the new crown epidemic, hate crimes against East Asians surged. After December 2020, the number of cases has not increased significantly.

　　3. Reminders to prevent and respond to hate crimes.

The British police attach great importance to hate crimes and give priority to reporting hate crimes.

Reports of hate crimes are usually recorded and investigated.

If you encounter a similar emergency hazard, please handle it in the following ways:

　　1. Immediately avoid danger, seek help from the surrounding people, and escape to crowded or safe places;

　　2. Dial 999 and 101 to seek help from the local police as soon as possible; international students please report and seek help from the relevant department of the school at the same time;

　　3. If you encounter serious personal danger or injury, please call the consular insurance number +44-20-74368294 of the embassy in the UK for help.

International students can contact the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in the UK at the same time, telephone +44-20-76120250; emergency telephone +44-7410429777 (only for emergency contact during non-working hours).