Britain’s Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, has described recent violent unrest as racist attacks targeting ethnic minorities, following two nights of disorder linked to an asylum-related incident.
Britain’s Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, has described recent violent unrest as racist attacks targeting ethnic minorities, following two nights of disorder linked to an asylum-related incident.
A fire burns in bins as anti-immigrant protesters clash with police at Antrim road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 10 2026. / Reuters Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing but racist thuggery, Britain's minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water cannon to tackle rioters for a second night.
Hilary Benn said there was less disorder on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday night as opposed to Tuesday, when rioters torched homes and news vehicles, targeting ethnic minorities following a knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder. Many of those who did clash with police on Wednesday were seeking to get to a hotel outside Belfast that has been targeted in the past for housing asylum seekers.if violent scenes were racist riots rather than protests he said: "Well, if you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin, how else can you describe them?
That is racist thuggery.
""It's really difficult to convey the genuine sense of fear there is on the part of the ethnic minority community here in Northern Ireland as they've witnessed these scenes, reports of people being stopped in their cars to be asked what their nationality is, nurses going to work. This is appalling.
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