Incidents of xenophobia around the world

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141 incidents, newest first.

November 2026

• 12-year-old Peruvian boy beaten by man in Rome neighborhood

  A 12-year-old boy of Peruvian origin was punched, kicked, and had his face stepped on by an adult man at the intersection of via della Pescaglia and via Pieve Fosciana in Rome's Magliana area.

  Nov 3 · Rome, ItalyRacism2 sources

• Locarno councilor calls young foreigner 'human scum', urges expulsion

  A PLR municipal councilor in Locarno published a Facebook post calling a young man of foreign origin "second-generation excrement" and "human scum who doesn't work," and wrote that such people "should lose Swiss citizenship and be sent back where they came from."

  Nov 1 · Locarno, Switzerland3 sources

• Islamic center in Morbegno threatened with intimidation

  An Islamic cultural center along the former Stelvio state road near Talamona was targeted in an intimidation at dawn, prompting an investigation by carabinieri and condemnation from the mayor of Morbegno.

  Nov 1 · Morbegno, Italy1 source

• Patient refuses care from Northeastern nursing technician, hurls insults at clinic

  A 44-year-old patient at a UPA in Forquilhinha refused to be treated by a 32-year-old nursing technician, saying he did not want care from a Northeastern professional, and made insults and threatening remarks.

  Nov 1 · Forquilhinha, Brazil1 source

October 2026

• Brazilian woman beaten with helmet outside Lisbon nightclub

  A 37-year-old Brazilian chef was punched and struck with a helmet by a motorcyclist outside a nightclub in Lisbon while she waited for a ride, and the victims reported hearing slurs including "volta para sua terra."

  Oct 31 · Lisbon, Portugal1 source

• Racist, xenophobic stickers pasted on La France insoumise office in Pontarlier

  Three stickers with racist and ultranationalist slogans, including "White lives matter" and a link to Confederate and OAS flags, were found on the windows of a La France insoumise office in Pontarlier.

  Oct 31 · Pontarlier, FranceRacism1 source

• 'Remigration' graffiti found on luxury shop fronts in central Paris

  Racist and anti-foreigner graffiti promoting "remigration" was discovered on the facades of several luxury shops in central Paris.

  Oct 31 · Paris, FranceRacism2 sources

• AfD leader claims Romanian immigrants 'rob' German social system

  The leader of Germany's far-right AfD party published a documentary on X about Romanian immigrants and said they "rob the social system," citing the city of Magdeburg as an example.

  Oct 28 · Magdeburg, Germany6 sources

• Colombian woman insulted on a bus in Spain over her accent and origin

  A man on a bus in Spain verbally insulted a Colombian woman, mocking her accent and her origin in Pereira and extending his remarks to foreigners living in Spain.

  Oct 27 · Spain1 source

• Neighbor hurls racial and anti-northeastern slurs at family in Federal District

  A woman shouted slurs at her Black, northeastern-Brazilian neighbors celebrating the election runoff, calling them "burros" and "nordestinos," and the next day called a 40-year-old saleswoman "macaca" and told her to "subir em uma árvore."

  Oct 25 · Taguatinga Sul, BrazilRacism1 source

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• Racism 484
• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 91
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 872