US EditionSecond Night of Anti-Immigrant Riots in Northern Ireland Town
- On June 10, 2025, riots erupted in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, with homes and cars set on fire and police officers injured.
- The unrest followed protests against two teenage boys charged with sexually assaulting a local girl and requesting a Romanian interpreter in court.
- Groups of masked individuals engaged in violent clashes with police, throwing petrol bombs, rocks, and scaffolding poles, while targeting residences primarily in areas inhabited by migrants, leading officers to respond with water cannons and plastic baton rounds.
- On June 10, rioting resulted in injuries to 15 police officers, several of whom needed hospital care; community leaders strongly denounced the unrest as racially driven attacks that threaten local harmony.
- The incidents prompted urgent calls for calm from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Northern Ireland's political leaders, emphasizing no justification exists for such disorder.
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Filipinos among those targeted in racist riots in Northern Ireland
Filipinos have been among those targeted in racist riots in Northern Ireland, with one of them having their car set on fire, the Philippine Embassy in London bared. **media[19177]**On June 12, the embassy issued an advisory about the situation, where Filipinos were among other migrants who were targeted in the riots triggered by an alleged sexual assault of a young girl by two Romanian teenagers. "The Philippine Embassy in London is deeply conce…
Immigrants in Northern Ireland Targeted in Spate of Race Riots
Multiple nights of anti-immigrant race riots have rattled the Northern Ireland town of Ballymena in the wake of a sexual assault accusations against two teenagers who are believed to be from Romania. Violence and arson in the nightly riots have gotten so bad that some residents have taken to writing their ethnicity on signs outside their homes or displaying a British flag to avoid being targeted. Some residents of immigrant backgrounds have fled…
How a Northern Irish town descended into 3 days of anti-immigrant violence
Protests in the small Northern Irish town of Ballymena spiralled into acts of anti-immigrant violence this week after two teenagers who spoke Romanian were charged with sexually assaulting a local girl.
Some houses in the British region have been marked with posters saying "British Home" and "Here a Filipino Lives"
Emeritus in Northern Ireland: Attempted Rape, racism... Why the Region Is Shaken by Intense Tensions
The city of Ballymena, north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is shaken by a series of riots targeting ethnic minorities. The climate has become worse after the appearance of two teenagers accused of...
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