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Racial tensions, will it increase?

  • 12-01-2009 2:11pm
    #1
    FreedomJoe
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    Listened to Gerry Ryan today, and there was a lady talking about how her and her Lithuanian Husband were racially attacked.

    They then went to a taxi driver to ask for a lift to the hospital and were refused by the driver to take them there.

    I am shocked and disgusted that this could happen in modern day Ireland.

    But is the the start of something more worser?

    Considering Ireland has rising unemployment, well over 60,000 non nationals claiming benefits, Jobs going to Poland, More and more Nigerians claiming Asylum, and parts of Dublin having a minority of irish living there, are we likely to see more Racial attacks?


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    Permabear
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  • #3
    antoniolgj
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    The acceptance rate for Nigerian asylum seekers in our courts is around 1.1 percent. In the 18 months prior to April 2008, only 18 Nigerians were granted refugee status in this country.

    Sorry, but that doesn't mean that they go back to Nigeria. They stay illegal.

    Tony.


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    djpbarry
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    antoniolgj wrote: »
    Sorry, but that doesn't mean that they go back to Nigeria. They stay illegal.
    You have them all tagged, have you?


  • #5
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    FreedomJoe wrote: »
    and parts of Dublin having a minority of irish living there, are we likely to see more Racial attacks?

    Is that because all the Irish from those areas have moved to Boston, or Kilburn :D

    It is inevitable I believe. Hard times always sees a rise in racism, or better still, it igives an excuse to those of a lesser intelligence who can blame immigrants for their own hard luck.

    It didn't happen in the 80s because there were not that many immigrants, besides, there was always the British to vent a bit of anger at. Now there is peace in the North and people walking around Dublin with a different colour skin.


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