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Immigrants, ethnic and religious minorities still face racist violence in Europe, according to the study (Photo: European Commission)

Racism on the rise in Europe, new study says

Although there is a lack of objective data on discrimination and racist violence in several EU member states, a new study suggests that racism has increased in Europe, particularly towards the Roma community, Muslims, Jews and immigrants.

According to the 2006 Annual Report by the Vienna-based European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), published on Tuesday (28 November), only two EU countries - the UK and Finland - have a sufficient mechanism in place for collecting dat...

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Immigrants, ethnic and religious minorities still face racist violence in Europe, according to the study (Photo: European Commission)

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