‘I don’t feel safe’: Asians in the UK reflect on a year of hatred

A year since the UK went into its first lockdown, anti-Asian hatred is still on the rise.

London, United Kingdom – One year ago, the UK was placed under its first lockdown as the coronavirus surged across the country. Since then, Britain’s East and Southeast Asian communities have seen a 300-percent increase in hate crimes, according to End the Virus of Racism, a UK-based advocacy group. As worldwide headlines claimed the virus originated in China, takeaway restaurants were vandalised. Some in Chinatowns across the UK were boycotted altogether.