Wave of Anti-Immigrant Hate Crimes in UK Prompts Increased Security Measures

— -- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan to “drive appalling hate crimes” out of Britain in the wake of a spike in anti-immigrant sentiment that has rocked the country in the wake of last week's Brexit vote.

Cameron announced to Parliament today that additional funding for security measures would be provided in response to combat attacks against migrants workers. He urged all Members of Parliament to condemn such attacks, regardless of party affiliation.

Hate crimes rose 57 percent between last Thursday and Sunday in the U.K. compared to the same time frame last month, according to the National Police Chiefs' Council, an organization representing British police chiefs.

ABC News reported Tuesday on a video of a racist tirade that occurred on a Manchester tram that went viral in the U.K. because of the degree to which it captured the atmosphere of tension in the country, following the country's decision to leave the European Union last week.

The victim of the attack, Juan Jasso, is actually a Mexican-American who supports the Brexit vote, the New York Times reported today.

And there are reports of other hate crimes in Britain.

Today, a man was arrested for posting extreme right-wing material online that was Islamophobic and anti-Semitic in nature, according to a report in the Telegraph.

And the U.K. paper the Evening Standard reported that an 8-year-old Polish girl was told to "f--- off back to Poland" by classmates three days after the vote, and people were using car keys to etch images of penises and swastikas onto the bodies of German cars that were parked near the Polish Social and Cultural Association building in Hammersmith, a district in west London.

Embattled opposition party leader Jeremy Corbyn echoed David Cameron's condemnation of the current atmosphere of anti-immigration while addressing the press today.

"We as a society will prosecute people who commit hate crimes," he said.