France - 2011
Overall numbers of racist & hate crime
- Code:
- S1
- Key Area:
- Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics
- Strand(s):
- Statistics
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| Qualitative Info |
During the first nine months of 2011, the police recorded 140 racist and xenophobic actions and 514 threats. From January to September 2011 90 anti-Semitic actions and 202 threats were recorded by the police. In 2010 886 complaints on racism (165 on acts and 721 on threats), and 466 complaints on antisemitism (131 on acts and 335 on threats) were filed before the police (data of Ministry of Interior). Between January and December 2010 the Prosecution Departments recorded 1797 cases of racism, 107 anti-religion cases and 125 anti-Semitism cases. In 2009 1026 complaints on racism (220 on acts and 806 on threats), and 815 complaints on antisemitism (172 on acts and 643 on threats) were filed before the police (data of Ministry of Interior). In 2009 tribunals recorded 3344 racist (2952), anti-religious (109) and anti-Semitic (283) crimes. The Licra NGO recorded in 2009 804 incidents (320 racist insults, 213 discriminations, 45 racist violence, 48 defamations and 178 non-relevant incidents). |
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| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism |
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