Incidents of xenophobia around the world

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January 2026

• Four South Asian immigrant teens injured in racist assault at London park

  Four immigrant youths from the Malayali community were injured, one critically with an eye injury, in a targeted racist assault at Victoria Park in London, Ontario.

  Jan 18 · London, CanadaRacism1 source

• U.S. State Department account posts 'send them back' message targeting immigrants

  The official Portuguese-language account of the U.S. State Department published a social media post with an image of Donald Trump and the phrase 'Send them back', along with a caption threatening to jail and deport immigrants.

  Jan 16 · United States1 source

• MNS chief uses xenophobic slur against South Indian migrants at Mumbai rally

  At a rally in Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray used the slur 'Hatao Lungi, Bajao Pungi' targeting South Indian migrants, framing them as a threat to Mumbai's Marathi identity.

  Jan 11 · Mumbai, IndiaRacism2 sources

• Far-right protest at Fife barracks targets asylum seekers

  Around a dozen far-right protesters gathered at military barracks in Leuchars, Fife, where a speaker claimed asylum seekers were 'sleeper cells' who came to 'rape and murder' and offered 'nothing to Scotland'.

  Jan 10 · Leuchars, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Colombian teenager shot and killed after leaving school in Chicago

  A 17-year-old Colombian student was shot and killed in Chicago shortly after leaving his high school, in an attack his family says followed xenophobic bullying that school authorities ignored.

  Jan 8 · Chicago, United States1 source

• Commentator calls Venezuelan exiles in Spain a 'fascist rabble'

  A Spanish media commentator published an article calling Venezuelan exiles in Spain a 'fascist rabble' and 'idiots', and criticizing the granting of asylum to them.

  Jan 8 · SpainRacism1 source

• ICE officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis during immigration raid

  An ICE officer shot and killed a woman in her car in Minneapolis during a large-scale anti-immigrant operation targeting the Somali community.

  Jan 7 · Minneapolis, United StatesSexism / Gender-Based Violence19 sources

• Woman legal observer shot dead by immigration agent in Minneapolis

  A woman volunteering as a legal observer of immigration enforcement operations was shot three times by an immigration agent while sitting in her SUV in Minneapolis.

  Jan 7 · Minneapolis, United StatesRacism2 sources

• Somali American Uber driver accosted by ICE agents at Minneapolis airport

  A Somali American Uber driver was confronted by over a dozen masked ICE and Border Patrol agents at the Minneapolis airport, who questioned his citizenship and told him he did not sound like he was from the country.

  Jan 7 · Minneapolis, United StatesRacism2 sources

• Anti-migrant vigilantes threaten delivery driver in east Belfast

  A delivery driver in east Belfast was surrounded and verbally abused by anti-migrant vigilantes who told him he was 'milking this country dry' and threatened to knock him out.

  Jan 6 · Belfast, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Venezuelans at Mexico City protest told to leave over their nationality

  At a protest outside the US embassy in Mexico City, demonstrators confronted Venezuelan residents celebrating Maduro's capture, telling a Venezuelan woman she could not push them out of their country and that she should keep Maduro as president.

  Jan 3 · Mexico City, Mexico1 source

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• Racism 487
• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 876