‘It’s that kind of world now’

Nalin Dissanayake shared the video on Facebook of himself holding a camera and walking down the road with his passport on display.

“Have to take safety precautions when leaving the house now,” he wrote in the post called “It’s that kind of world now.”

The video has been seen more than 620,000 times and received plenty of comments from those saying it struck a chord after a reported surge in racism in the UK following the EU referendum in which the country voted to leave Europe by 52 per cent to 48 per cent.

In the aftermath, social media users have posted their experiences online of being told to “get out” while police are investigating the distribution of cards outside a school telling “Polish vermin” to leave the country.

There has been a 57 per cent surge in reporting of hate crime since the referendum took place when compared to the same time last month.

BBC presenter Sima Kotcheta said she was verbally abused in Basingstoke while reporting for the broadcaster. She said she was shocked after being called a “P**i” in her home town.

In utter shock: just been called p**i in my home town! Haven't heard that word here since the 80s..!

— Sima Kotecha (@sima_kotecha) June 27, 2016