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| Poland has urged Britain to keep its residents safe from xenophobia as British police probed the murder of a Pole they believe may have been the victim of a hate crime. | Poland has urged Britain to keep its residents safe from xenophobia as British police probed the murder of a Pole they believe may have been the victim of a hate crime. |
| “We’re counting on the British government and authorities responsible for the safety of British and European citizens, including Poles, to prevent the kind of xenophobic acts we’ve seen recently,” the Polish foreign minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said in Warsaw on Saturday following talks with his British counterpart, Boris Johnson. | “We’re counting on the British government and authorities responsible for the safety of British and European citizens, including Poles, to prevent the kind of xenophobic acts we’ve seen recently,” the Polish foreign minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said in Warsaw on Saturday following talks with his British counterpart, Boris Johnson. |
| Six teenagers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of 40-year-old factory worker, Arkadiusz Jóźwik, in Harlow, Essex, last Saturday. The youths are out of police custody on bail. | Six teenagers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of 40-year-old factory worker, Arkadiusz Jóźwik, in Harlow, Essex, last Saturday. The youths are out of police custody on bail. |
| Investigators say they are looking into whether the killing was a hate crime but stress the motive is still unclear. | Investigators say they are looking into whether the killing was a hate crime but stress the motive is still unclear. |
| There was an upsurge in the number of reported hate crimes around the period of the EU referendum in June. Hundreds of people, many of them Poles, gathered in Harlow on Saturday for a vigil to remember Jóźwik. Many waved Polish flags and scarves and laid flowers at the scene of the killing, while the Polish national anthem was sung and a minute’s silence held. | There was an upsurge in the number of reported hate crimes around the period of the EU referendum in June. Hundreds of people, many of them Poles, gathered in Harlow on Saturday for a vigil to remember Jóźwik. Many waved Polish flags and scarves and laid flowers at the scene of the killing, while the Polish national anthem was sung and a minute’s silence held. |
| Speaking in Warsaw, Johnson, said: “We all agree that there is absolutely no place for xenophobia in our society.” | Speaking in Warsaw, Johnson, said: “We all agree that there is absolutely no place for xenophobia in our society.” |
| The National Police Chiefs’ Council has reported that more than than 3,000 incidents were reported to police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 16 June and 30 June – an increase of 42% from the same period last year. But Poland’s ambassador to Britain, Arkady Rzegocki, said this week he had hoped that the situation was stabilising. | The National Police Chiefs’ Council has reported that more than than 3,000 incidents were reported to police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 16 June and 30 June – an increase of 42% from the same period last year. But Poland’s ambassador to Britain, Arkady Rzegocki, said this week he had hoped that the situation was stabilising. |
| Around 800,000 Poles are thought to live in Britain, making them one of the country’s biggest minority groups, under EU rules allowing freedom of movement between member states. Poland joined the EU in 2004. | |
| Many Brexit supporters want to close Britain’s borders to migrants from elsewhere in the EU while the prime minister, Theresa May, has promised that immigration controls will be imposed. | Many Brexit supporters want to close Britain’s borders to migrants from elsewhere in the EU while the prime minister, Theresa May, has promised that immigration controls will be imposed. |
| “The Polish contribution to our society and our culture, and above all to our economy, is absolutely immense,” Johnson added. | “The Polish contribution to our society and our culture, and above all to our economy, is absolutely immense,” Johnson added. |
| Waszczykowski insisted that “the huge number of Poles living in Britain constitutes an important area of our cooperation”. |