The Financial Times is reporting that "The first detailed study into hate crime against ethnic minorities was launched yesterday amid rising tensions caused by the London bomb attacks."

The research will be conducted by Victim Support, an organization that describes itself as an "independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime" and that "also works to promote and advance the rights of victims and witnesses." Peter Dunn, of Victim Support, said:

Hate crime has a destructive effect not just on victims but on whole communities. The government and the statutory services have begun to recognise it as a phenomenon but little is known about how individual victims are affected.