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One in four African immigrants in Ireland attacked, report claims –VIDEO

Highly critical report warns of racial profiling by Irish police


Simona Yonkova and Waseem Yousaf pictured as Young people say NO to racism, as the Immigrant Council of Ireland releases new figures showing it is now dealing with one serious racist incident a week.
Simona Yonkova and Waseem Yousaf pictured as Young people say NO to racism, as the Immigrant Council of Ireland releases new figures showing it is now dealing with one serious racist incident a week.
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One in four Sub-Saharan Africans living in Ireland suffered abuse in the past year, according to a new report that warned of racial profiling by Irish police officers.

The report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance was welcomed by the Immigrant Council.

The report said that while the Irish authorities denied there was racial profiling, “there are reports that many non-Irish people are subjected to police stops and are required to produce identity documents which, in practice, can result in racist incidents and the profiling of individuals on the basis of their colour.”

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The Commission recommends compulsory training in human rights with a special focus on discrimination for all police force members.

It also asked the Government to increase the weekly allowance paid and grant those in the asylum process for a lengthy period the right to work.

Denise Charlton, chief executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, said: “The references... about racial profiling are particularly disturbing, and unfortunately reflect stories that are relayed to us through our support services on a regular basis.”

In the past 12-months the Immigrant Council responded to one serious racist incident a week, again highlighting that this is a real problem which requires a serious response.

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Seanmor, again you insist that Arabs, Indians and Africans are a terrible burden on this country. Have you been to Ireland recently? Because if you have you should have noticed the large number of Indian people working in shops, restaurants and hotels here and the large number of African taxi drivers, for example. How exactly are people like that a burden? As for Arabs, there aren't that many of them living here, so you obviously don't know what you're talking about. It's also interesting that you don't mention the white immigrants living here: Polish, British, Lithuanian, etc, of whom there are many more than the African, Indians and Arabs you go on about all the time. Why is that? Is it that you simply believe that darker skinned people are less desirable than paler ones, irrespective of their other qualities, like character, education, work ethic, etc.?
The IRISH dont want masses of africans in the country,We live in Ireland an we have our own customs an people,We do not need our culture attacked,Go back home to your own country,You will never be Irish as you are african.Thats just a fact of life
Irelandnorth I do apologise for the incorrect name. I was not try to admonish you for not using the word "Koori" as I presumed you were not aware.The use of the word "koori" is at the request of the native people. Do you mean that 20% of the population are immigrants and if so the cost of repatriation would certannly be prohibitive and reducing the population by 1 million would have a catastrophic on the economy. Sometimes I find your views are contrdictory(at least as I understand them). Maybe you overplay the devils advocate theme that is present in some of your posts. regards Sean
seanomelb! You're right. I wasn't aware that Australian aboriginals are know as Koori people. Apologies for my anthropological unawareness. But surely referring to indigenous as "ab-originals" (there from the beginning) is hardly a racial slur. That's a problem with political correctness. It's so God-damn hypersensitive to subtle nuances. (PS I'm IrelandNorth not IrishNorth, but I certainly don't doubt you sincerity. I'm certainly not against immigration into Ireland, I'm against the extent of it during recessionary time. I should be pegged to unemployment levels. And repatriating all 20% who are hear would reduce unemployment levels to 5%. Nationality deserves protectionism.
Warren point for a start the prods in the north pose no threath whatsoever to the future of this countrysure they will be the minority in the north in a short time operiod so you can pull your head out of your backside,At the end of the day mass immigration destroys the native populations of the country it has been forced on,Name one country it has worked in???one country come on??you sit there talking about gas champers while you spew out your hatred for unionists,That is all you have on your mind,You cry about an invasion that is hundreds of years old while we are getting invaded now in this present time,You are a gobshite
So you beat those people up and wish that you had the availability of a gas chamber,why not tell the minister that makes the rules in your free state to deport them ,it would be much easier that way.Then we can do the same in every other country in the world,deport all foreign nationals, including the Irish,and british unionists, back to their homeland.Wonder what the Irish emigrants would think of this idea after they are all crammed back into a homeland of poverty,despair and not to mention the terrible weather.
One is reminded of the 1916 Proclamation which mentions "the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland". It does NOT say that Arabs, Indians and Africans have a right to own Ireland or that Irish taxpayers should be pertually burdened by these foreigners.
Awoken me lad, fyi I would rather have 100 black neighbours living beside me than one black foreign british unionist, you know why.Foreign nationals do not shove their national flag down my throat every day of the week or have they done so for the last thousand years.Foreign nationals do not throw piss on our school children.Foreign nationals do not piss on our Irish places of worship.Foreign nationals do not murder us because of our religion, shall I continue or are you still convinced foreign unionist british nationals are no threat to the Irish people,and we are the same people.If you are, you must be living in the free state,Awoken,certainly not in Ireland or even the Aran Islands.Leave the oul black man alone Awoken ,they are absolutely no threat to the Irish people,go beat up one in four of those dangerous british unionist foreigners instead, they are the real threat to our Irish culture
Awoken and his buddy wounded knees shouting just like ADOLPH did.No one listening though to those mad roaring racist,s.Telling you Seano those lunatics keep changing their poster names, sure it is the only way they can derive support for their racist drivel, from this site.
awoken32 is shouting like stevenstar. I care about all people unlike you where the Gene pool is God.
SEANOMELB COMING BACK ON TWISTING WORDS AN DODGEING THE TRUTH,MARRY WHO YOU WANT MAN,BUT MASS IMMIGRATION WILL BE THE RUIN OF IRELAND IF WE DO NOT START A MASS DEPORTATION PROGRAME,AN DONT START ACTING LIKE YOU CARE ABOUT THE KOORI PEOPLE,YOU MADE IT CLEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE MASS INVASIONS ON NATIVE POPULATIONS,YOU SUPPORT IT
IrishNorth!! I am fully aware of the plight of the 'Koori" people of Australia, to define them as "aborigine" is as insulting as refering to the Irish as Paddy's. I understand you may not be aware of this.Awoken32 is ignorant of what a "native irish person is" In his last post he talks about the natural way!! that is a code word for racism. Irish should marry Irish to preserve the multicultural gene pool that exists. I married an Australian does that make my children some sort of mongrel breed which awoken32 wishes to avoid. His premise is flawed and racist and is no different to hitlers preservation of "the master race". Woundedknee and the other miscreants do not want to believe that less than 10% of the population are migrants. they hear a foreign language and their fear and loathing comes to the fore. Remember the same allegation were levelled against the Irish in America and they are now Americans and the same will happen elsewhere. The global village is shrinking and gene pools are irrelevant.Irish culture will always remain even when our neighbour tried evey dirty trick under the sun to destroy us.
Barry i think you are the one missing the point my freind,The irish were brought to america at the pleasure of the Royal Family devils we have living nextdoor to our islands,The Irish were brought to the colonies on slave ships,YES WE WERE BROUGHT THEIR AN SOLD AS AN USED AS SLAVES,The truth is is that america an austrailia are both colonies owned by the elites of the world,What happend to the native people of those countries was totally wrong,The natives got eradicated from their own lands,But lets be real here ok,America is full of everyrace now as to is austrailia so the truth is is that people from all over the world came to those countries on mass,Now do you think that because the indians an aboriginee peoples got almost wiped out that the irish should say ok we wipe out our own people now??that is ridiculous but it is what your are suggesting,You see the thing is is that those poor Indians an aboriginal people never had a choice that we have,They would of loving the chance to halt what was happening but sadly the Royal bloodlines only wanted more wealth,I quarentee if you asked an indian what ireland should do he would tell you as would an aboriginal person,TWO WRONGS DONT MAKE IT RIGHT AN IRELAND NEVER WIPED OUT ANY RACE MY PEOPLE HAVE RESPECT
awoken32: you mention the Native Americans in the US and how mass immigration didn't work out for them but I think you kind of missed my point. How is it that the Irish (and others of course) went over there and claimed the place for their own and so many people in this part of the world are getting upset about immigration of people here? This is a website for the Irish in America after all so it's a fairly relevant point.
WOUNDEDKNEE 100% AGGREED,i cant understand people that are so gullible as to put the future generation of their own people in such danger,its unbeleiveable to look in the face of our youth an to stab them in the back,Picture it in 20 to 30 years the NATIVE IRISH in the minority an treated as such because the mask would be well an truly of the immigrant majority population,But imagine that young is warrenpoint or someone else with his views an saying daddy warrenpoint or whatever what did you do when this was all happening?how could you look your kin in the face an say,Well i supported them all the way,i thought w ould have been a racist to say no son,sorry,RACISM IS HATEING SOMEBODY BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOUR AN RACISM IS IN ALL RACES BLACK AN WHITE AN YELLOW,ITS UNFORTUNATLEY THE WAY THE WORLD IS,BUT YOURT NOT RACIST TO STAND UP AN PRESERVE THE FUTURE OF YOUR OWN BLOODY PEOPLE FORGODSAKE,I dont wanna invade africa or kill africans or asians i have nothing against them whatsoever but the immigrants coming over here now in my country an starting the process of taking over i will not have,Like my FORFATHERS I WILL TAKE UP ARMS AN JION THE TRUE PATRIOTIC CAUSE,we need a new political party in ireland that speaks the truth an represents the people of this country,AN IF THAT IS NOT ALLOWED WE NEED TO WAGE A WAR AN TAKE BACK THE COUNTRY BEFORE OUR PEOPLE WILL BE DILUTED TO THE POINT OF EXTINCTION,JUST LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD,EUROPE NEEDS TO BATON DOWN THE HATCHES AN START THE MASS DEPORTATION,ONCE ONE COUNTRY DOES IT THEY ALL WILL FOLLOW SUIT LIKE DOMINOES,the dog on the street could tell you how the people REALLY feel about being invaded




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