US EditionModels of Migrants Placed on Loyalist Bonfire in Tyrone
MOYGASHEL, COUNTY TYRONE, NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 9 – The display features paramilitary flags and anti-migrant messages, prompting calls for police to intervene amid Moygashel's history of sectarian and race-hate tensions.
- Models of migrants in a boat with life jackets were placed on the loyalist bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, on July 9, 2025.
- The display follows Moygashel’s history of contentious bonfire art including UVF flags and past anti-migrant signs, prompting widespread condemnation.
- Political figures like Sinn Féin’s Colm Gildernew and SDLP’s Malachy Quinn condemned the effigy as racist and called for its removal before the pyre was lit Thursday night.
- The PSNI confirmed awareness of the effigy and said inquiries continue while cooperating with community partners to address bonfire safety risks near a hospital power substation.
- This incident underscores ongoing tensions as about 300 loyalist bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland ahead of the Twelfth of July, with calls for peaceful cultural celebrations.
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As the Protestant loyalist celebrations begin, as every year in July, in Northern Ireland, a racist staging showing migrants on a boat is reacting in the British province.
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