Immigration into NI is tiny, and after three years of race riots, it hardly looks attractive to newcomers. But the idea that this is anything other than a pronounced problem for Loyalism and that "cross-community rioting" will emerge is nuts. The lads with flags in Dublin aren't from the Falls.
Colin Murray
Andrew McQuillan (Spectator) notes "anti-immigration violence is an increasing feature of loyalism in recent years" but regrets "kumbaya politics" of Irish nationalists opposing violence. Hopes "the potential for genuine cross-community rioting cannot be discounted"
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In North Belfast, the loyalist ceding of ground to nationalists has been compounded by the impact of immigration