Hate narratives against Rohingya online may lead to violence, warns criminologist (opens original article in a new tab)

Hate narratives against Rohingya online may lead to violence, warns criminologist. The growing wave of hostility towards illegal immigrants online, particularly rhetoric directed at Rohingya refugees and undocumented migrants, risks normalising vigilantism and potentially violence if left unchecked.

• Hate narratives against Rohingya online may lead to violence
• Criminologist warns that hostility towards illegal immigrants online risks normalising vigilantism
• Rhetoric directed at Rohingya refugees and undocumented migrants is increasing