The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) organized jointly a one-day symposium on Hate Speech Against Migrants and Refugees in the Media on 26 January, 2016 in Brussels. The symposium gathered around 100 selected participants from the media and civil society, as well as international organisations in Europe and beyond.

See a statement by the Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini here