SWNS The flyers were posted in the homes of Polish residents in Cambridgeshire

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Leave the EU. No more Polish vermin Flyer

Police have launched an investigation after laminated cards were posted through the letterboxes of Polish residents in Cambridgeshire. The cards read: “Leave the EU. No more Polish vermin.” Another card, written in Polish, translated to: “Go home Polish scum.”

Inspector Nick Percival said the police were "aware" of the cards, which were discovered on Friday morning following the Brexit vote, and that officers are currently investigating. More than 54 per cent of voters in Cambridgeshire market town opted for Brexit, while just over 45 per cent opted to stay in the EU. A number of the cards were found near St Peter’s School by a teenage pupil at around 8:30am while more were also found under rocks on people’s doorstops.

One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said her elderly, disabled mother – who has Polish neighbours – found one of the notes. The 37-year-old said: “I went to pick my mum up around 9am and was disgusted to see what somebody had left on her door step. “My mum has a few Polish neighbours who are very nice and she was very upset to see these kinds of messages. “It is sick to think somebody would go to the trouble of printing, laminating and distributing them.”

SWNS One flyer translated to: 'Go home Polish scum'

She added: “Regardless of what you think about the EU this kind of thing is unacceptable.” A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “If there’s anybody who has got any information about the source of it, they can get in touch.” It follows reports of a rise in racial abuse in Manchester.

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Jessica Sheridan, from Manchester, was left concerned for her safety after confronting a person spitting hateful abuse in the street. She said: "There was a man saying 'Rule Britannia… the foreigners can f*** off now'." Jessica, 25, added: "Then he said 'This is f***ing Britain again now."

Campaign was vile & racist. #Euref has ruined country forever- someone just even told me to "go home" I'm born in UK pic.twitter.com/ew87rShz6Q — Shazia (@ShaziaAwan) June 24, 2016