The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has recently published a report to encourage the reporting of hate crimes, which shows the barriers to this type of reporting which are found in the European Union and which make it difficult for victims to access protection and justice.
In this regard, the document shows that there are many victims who do not report attacks because it is either too difficult, or they do not trust the police, for which reason is it asked of European Union countries for them to guarantee that these people affected can get support, protection, and justice.
The report highlights the gaps in the reporting on these types of crimes, underlining certain aspects that must be kept in mind to improve this situation with regards to putting an end to discrimination and empowering victims, improving the processes for gathering information, making a record of it, and referring victims to the appropriate services, as well as developing the capacity to tackle hate crimes by different stakeholders, such as law enforcement officials.