Incidents of xenophobia around the world

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September 2026

• Nigerian national killed by police in Cape Town amid anti-migrant tensions

  A Nigerian national was killed in Cape Town after what Nigeria's Foreign Ministry described as 'gruesome interrogation techniques' by South African police officers, amid anti-immigrant tensions between the two countries.

  Sep 5 · Cape Town, South Africa4 sources

• Nigerian bishop killed at his home in Johannesburg

  A Nigerian bishop was killed at his home in Kensington, Johannesburg, in an attack the Nigerian government condemned as part of xenophobic violence against foreigners in South Africa.

  Sep 4 · Johannesburg, South Africa3 sources

August 2026

• Medical student denounces racist comment on Instagram post

  A medical student from a favela community in Recife received a racist comment on his Instagram photo wearing a lab coat, saying 'I miss when favela people didn't enter med school… good times.'

  Aug 31 · Recife, BrazilRacism3 sources

• Crowd attacks migrant settlement on Ceuta beach, burning shacks

  A crowd stormed a migrant settlement on the beach in Ceuta, harassing the migrants, destroying their camp and setting fire to some of their shacks.

  Aug 27 · Ceuta, SpainRacism2 sources

• Ukrainian siblings attacked in Polish park over speaking Ukrainian

  An adult man and woman verbally abused, threatened and physically assaulted two Ukrainian siblings, a 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, in a park near the railway station in Bydgoszcz, Poland, because they were speaking Ukrainian.

  Aug 14 · Bydgoszcz, Poland4 sources

• Ukrainian café in Poland attacked over Ukrainian language

  Two local women verbally abused and then attacked patrons and smashed property at a Ukrainian café after hearing Ukrainian and Russian spoken.

  Aug 13 · Poznan, Poland1 source

• Trump's Oval Office remarks on Somali immigrants spark backlash

  During an Oval Office media briefing, President Donald Trump made derogatory remarks about Somali immigrants, claiming they lack intelligence and aptitude.

  Aug 10 · Washington, United StatesRacism1 source

• Curitiba councillor tells colleague from Ceará to go back to her home state

  During a Curitiba City Council session, a councillor asked a fellow councillor from Ceará why she does not return to the city where she was born, saying she comes to annoy people in Curitiba.

  Aug 5 · Curitiba, Brazil3 sources

• Man attacks two Ukrainians and strikes a woman in Krakow

  A man verbally abused and threatened two Ukrainian citizens on a street in Krakow and struck a woman during the attack.

  Aug 5 · Krakow, Poland1 source

• Crowd attacks houses of asylum seekers in Thetford

  During a third night of anti-immigration protests in Thetford, England, around 200 people threw eggs and stones at houses believed to house asylum seekers, shouting 'We want you out.'

  Aug 5 · Thetford, United Kingdom1 source

• Pro-Palestinian mural in Costa Teguise vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti

  A mural in support of the Palestinian people at the entrance to Costa Teguise was covered in white paint and defaced with graffiti reading 'Fuera Islam' and insults against the prime minister.

  Aug 2 · Costa Teguise, SpainRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• Indian student attacked in Nitra, hospitalized after assault

  An Indian student was attacked by an unknown person in Nitra and was so seriously injured that he was hospitalized and required surgery.

  Aug 1 · Nitra, SlovakiaRacism1 source

July 2026

• Ukrainian woman beaten with cane in Gdynia street attack

  A 40-year-old Ukrainian woman was struck twice on the head with a wooden cane by an unidentified man on Zelazna Street in Gdynia.

  Jul 30 · Gdynia, Poland1 source

• Ukrainian teenager harassed with xenophobic slurs on Polish train

  Two men harassed and shouted xenophobic slogans at a 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen aboard a Warsaw–Tłuszcz train at Kobylka-Osów station.

  Jul 29 · Kobyłka, Poland2 sources

• Minister tells Chinese-born MP to 'go back to your own country' in Parliament

  New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan, who was born in China, to 'go back to your own country' and 'go back to where you come from' during a speech in Parliament after Xu-Nan heckled him.

  Jul 29 · Wellington, New ZealandRacism11 sources

• Brazilian tourist reports ski instructor called her 'macaco' and told her to leave Chile

  A ski instructor at Valle Nevado called a Brazilian woman and her business partner 'macacos' and told her to go back to her country during a confrontation on a ski slope.

  Jul 28 · Valle Nevado, Chile1 source

• Ukrainian couple beaten in Wrocław in suspected hate attack

  A 20-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, both Ukrainian citizens, were attacked by several men on Okulickiego Street near a bus terminus in Wrocław after an argument in a shop queue; both were hospitalized with suspected concussion.

  Jul 26 · Wroclaw, Poland5 sources

• Venezuelan content creator drugged, robbed and sexually assaulted in Bogotá taxi

  A 28-year-old Venezuelan content creator was drugged, robbed and sexually assaulted by two men in a vehicle after being picked up in Bogotá's Zona T. He also reported xenophobic remarks about his nationality and a homophobic attitude from a police officer at a medical centre.

  Jul 26 · Bogotá, ColombiaQueer DiscriminationSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Serbian cultural association premises vandalized in Kumanovo

  The premises of the Serbian cultural-artistic association 'Srpski vez' in Kumanovo were damaged overnight and 'UÇK' graffiti were written on the walls.

  Jul 26 · Kumanovo, North Macedonia1 source

• Haitian woman reports racism, xenophobia and assault after dispute with neighbour

  A 43-year-old Haitian woman living in Sorocaba was insulted with racist slurs and punched in the face by her neighbour's relatives after a dispute over parked cars.

  Jul 19 · Sorocaba, BrazilRacism1 source

Other categories

• Racism 486
• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 92
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 874