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Bonfire topped with migrants effigy set alight in Northern Ireland
MOYGASHEL, COUNTY TYRONE, NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 11 – The effigy on the Moygashel bonfire features over a dozen mannequins and slogans condemning immigration, drawing widespread condemnation as a racist hate incident, police said.
- Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a hate incident after a bonfire in Moygashel featured a migrant boat effigy with anti-immigration placards and flags, sparking widespread condemnation.
- Motivated by concerns over illegal immigration, the Moygashel Bonfire Committee erected a display with UVF flags and effigies, prompting widespread condemnation amid ongoing tensions.
- Amnesty's Patrick Corrigan called the display a 'vile, dehumanising act that fuels hatred and racism,' with critics describing it as 'inhuman and deeply sub-Christian' and urging police to investigate as a hate incident.
- Police are investigating the display as a hate incident amid political pressure for removal, with community leaders calling for action to address rising tensions.
- Police investigate Moygashel bonfire’s racist effigy as community tensions escalate amid calls to challenge sectarian displays across Northern Ireland’s 300 bonfires.
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Tension continues to grow in the British country, following the recent riots encouraged by extreme right-wing groups.There are already dozens of injured police officers, massive wrecks and families of immigrants expelled from their homes.
Police Investigate Burning of Migrant-Boat Effigy In Northern Ireland
Police have launched an investigation after a bonfire featuring effigies of migrants in a boat was set alight in Northern Ireland. The boat was set alight in front of a large crown on Thursday evening [...] The post Police Investigate Burning of Migrant-Boat Effigy In Northern Ireland appeared first on The People's Voice.
Unknown people placed a raft full of life-size mannequins with life jackets on a bonfire, which burned Friday night in Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. In front of the pyre, the authors placed signs with the readouts: “Stop the boats” and “Veterans before refugees.” Police investigate the facts as an incident of hatred against the immigrant community. Amnesty International in that European country described the montage as “a vile and dehumanizin…
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