Crimes: West Asians and Yesterday June

crimes: This is due to a surge in cases where Muslims, Arabs, and West Asians were targeted, according to Georgia Asian. In total, 1,362 hate crimes were reported in 2015, 67 more than what was recorded the previous year. In figures publicized yesterday June 13 the national agency reveals that police-reported hate crimes, which may range from assault and uttering threats to vandalism and graffiti, increased by five percent in Canada in 2015. Of these, 469 were motivated by hatred of a religion 40 more cases than in 2014 while incidents motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity numbered 641. Across Canada, there were significant increases in hate crimes against Muslim, Arab, and West Asian populations. Women were also more likely to be targeted in cases related to religion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.