Northern Ireland has always seen high levels of violence against women and girls. Blaming migrants is a useful way to distract from that
In 1972, loyalist paramilitaries fired bullets into the home of…
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Ballymena
13 months ago
‘Where are the foreigners’: does a facile explanation lie behind Ballymena’s outbreak of hate? ○
Northern Ireland faces stark questions over the racism, xenophobia and intolerance that has forced families from abroad to flee
First came the shouts as the crowd worked its way through narrow terrace…
Petrol bombs and fireworks launched at police as Ballymena riots spread across Northern Ireland in fifth night of violence after 'alleged attempted rape of local girl, 16, by two Romanian teens' ○
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Crowds of masked thugs gathered in Portadown where a protest had been held earlier in the evening before it descended into carnage.
How Ballymena boiled over: After horrifying riots sparked by two Romanians being accused of raping teen, RICHARD KAY meets the victims - and locals furious at 'endless stream of migrants' they had no say over ○
But as dusk falls, the mood is transformed into something rather more sinister. Gangs of masked youths stalk the streets, barricades are set ablaze and the acrid smell of burning tyres fills the air.
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