Police arrest 15 after clashes at Dublin site planned for asylum seekers
GuardianJUL 2024
The far-right in Ireland has been ramping up its attacks on asylum seekers largely thanks to online misinformation. Due to ignorant anti-immigrant rhetoric, these violent groups have chosen not only to attack asylum seekers but also the law enforcement officers tasked with protecting their homes. This growing extremist ideology has spread across Europe, but it's become most potent in Ireland as the country attracts more and more asylum seekers.
What the media won't tell you is that this protest took place at a now-defunct factory— one that used to employ 150 people before their jobs were outsourced to foreign countries, driving these working-class Irishmen into poverty and drug addiction. After years of neglecting their own Irish citizens, the government has all of a sudden decided to pour money into housing foreigners who have no connection to Ireland. Violence is wrong, but their anger is understandable.