Northern Ireland: Tour Bus Attacked in Belfast, Romanian Immigrants Leave

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 24th, 2009 | Trackback

A gang of five teenage boys hurled stones at an open-top tourist bus in west Belfast, breaking a window but injuring no one. The incident was the first of its kind for the tour company, but not so long ago during the troubles such attacks were a daily occurrence. Open-top bus tours of both east and west Belfast, loyalist and republican enclaves, are popular with tourists and the company vowed to continue them. In other news, 100 Romanian immigrants left Northern Ireland after a series of threats and attacks in Belfast. Even the church in which they were given temporary shelter had its windows smashed. The incidents raised concerns that racism and anti-immigrant sentiment is growing in the province.

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