Reports & Briefings

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East and Southeast Asian communities’ experiences of hate crime in the UK

This report published by charity Protection Approaches in collaboration with the University’s Centre for Hate Studies, examined ESEA communities’ experiences of hate crime in the UK.

No Place for Hate: Post-Pandemic Actions for London’s Chinatown by China Exchange

This report coincides with National Hate Crime Awareness Week and provides actions to develop support within Chinatown and learn more to anti-racism within ESEA communities.

We contributed FOI Data to ITV News

EVR provided data for ITV News feature alongside testimonies of victims of hate crimes.

We provided evidence to the Draft Online Safety Bill

EVR collaborated with 89up policy advisors to provide evidence to the Draft Online Safety Bill by the UK Government speaking for ESEA communities affected by this bill. Read more on the Government Online Safety bill here.

We contributed to the Runnymede Trust report to the United Nations

The civil society report to the United Nations is out now and available to read in the link below. It has been curated by the Runnymede Trust using evidence submitted from over 100 civil society organisations,

  • and is endorsed by 78 NGOs and race equality organisations.

    It finds that racism in England is systemic. Legislation, institutional practices and society’s customs continue to combine to harm ethnic minority groups.

    As a result, in England, ethnic minority groups are consistently more likely to live in poverty, to be in low-paid precarious work and to die of COVID-19.

    Disparities facing ethnic minority groups in England are sustained across the areas of health, housing, the criminal justice system, education, employment, immigration and political participation.

    The report contains numerous recommendations which we believe would address these glaring disparities.

We contributed to the Confronting COVID Related Hate report

On 9th March 2021, Chinese Welfare Trust, Newham Chinese Association, and Protection Approaches, hosted the first national conference on confronting COVID-related hate,

  • bringing together representatives from a UK-wide network of British Chinese, East and Southeast Asian community groups that have received training and support as part of a project funded by the National Lottery and the London Community Response Fund.

    The conference provided an opportunity for members of the national network to share with each other and other stakeholders what they are doing to increase understanding of hate crime, to tackle hate crime and to support victims and witnesses.

    EVR were in attendance alongside 28 other British East and Southeast Asian (BESEA) community organisations across the UK.

Ethnic Disparities and Inequality in the UK among ESEA communities

We contributed to Protection Approaches report on Covid Related Hate

We supported Sarah Owen MP’s House of Commons debate around ESEA Racism

Response to the Call for Evidence on Ethnic Disparities and Inequality in the UK

This is a joint response from academics, politicians, professionals and organisations representing the East and South East Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK.

  • It focuses on disparities, inequalities and racism experienced by the ESEA population in the UK, which is one of the fastest growing minority groups, with the highest percentage of international students (ONS, 2011).

    It aims to provide evidence on inequalities and discrimination in the following areas:

    • Racial abuse and racial profiling

    • Data collection

    • Representation in the private sector

    • Representation in the public sector, including education, gov and police

    • Pay gaps

    • Educational performance and school bullying

    • Youth opportunities

    • Access to medical care

    The report also makes several recommendations for government action to improve ESEA representation and tackle the sources of inequality and discrimination, as well as proposing the introduction of an ESEA History and Heritage month to celebrate and raise awareness of ESEA communities in the UK.

    This research has been conducted and collated with the aim of drawing attention to the institutional and systemic inequalities facing ESEA people in the UK and is published with the consent of the individuals and organisations credited within. If the information contained within is used in any other publications or for any other purpose, full credit must be given.

In May 2020 we created this petition

We asked for the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to call for a zero-tolerance policy to racism, following the three-fold increase in hate crimes and rising racism towards East and Southeast Asian people during the Covid-19 pandemic.