Northern Ireland hits the global headlines

How Depressing!

European Nationals being forced out of homes by thugs across Belfast. These stories have hit headlines around the world.

As Christians we are called to love our neighbour. Something needs to be done.

Some headlines

Police defend Romanian response

BBC News - ‎29 minutes ago‎

Police have defended their response to a spate of attacks on Romanians living in Belfast. In the latest incident, the bathroom window of a Romanian family's home, on the Upper Newtownards Road, was smashed at about 2300 BST on Wednesday. ...

Belfast Romanians moved to secret location after more attacks

guardian.co.uk - ‎38 minutes ago‎

Romanians leave a Belfast leisure centre to spend the night at an undisclosed location. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters Racist attacks against Romanians in Northern Ireland have shifted from south to east Belfast, after the bathroom of a Romanian ...

Romanians flee 'racist' N. Ireland attacks

CNN International - ‎17 hours ago‎

LONDON, England (CNN) -- More than 100 Romanians fled their homes Tuesday night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following what politicians called "racist attacks and intimidation." A Romanian woman and her child are escorted by police in Belfast on ...

Romanians hit by racist attacks in Northern Ireland 'want to go home'

Times Online - ‎17 hours ago‎

More than 100 Romanians were moved to emergency accommodation in Belfast last night after a racist gang attacked homes in the university area of the city. One of the attackers was said to be brandishing a gun. The immigrants had to be moved after a ...

Racist attacks force over 100 Romanians to take shelter in church

Times Online - ‎18 hours ago‎

More than 100 Romanians were sheltering in a church hall today after fleeing their homes in Belfast because of racist attacks. Around 20 families were helped by police to evacuate their homes in the Lisburn Road area of south Belfast and seek safety ...

further racist attack against Romanians in Belfast

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎2 hours ago‎

A group of Romanians has again been attacked in Northern Ireland as politicians are due to meet to discuss racist offences against immigrants. In the latest incident, the home of a Romanian family came under attack in east Belfast at about 11pm on ...

Romanian Gypsies attacked in NIreland

The Associated Press - ‎15 hours ago‎

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The thugs used bricks and bottles to drive more than 100 Romanian Gypsies from their homes in a wave of attacks. On Wednesday, the victims were sheltering in a community center after a church plucked them off a Belfast ...

Racist attacks in Belfast send Roma fleeing homes

The Associated Press - ‎18 hours ago‎

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Racist thugs armed with bricks and bottles forced more than 100 Romanian Gypsies from their Belfast homes in a wave of attacks that sent them fleeing to the safety of a nearby church. Community leaders in Belfast on ...

Romanians driven from home in Northern Ireland

ABC Online - ‎9 hours ago‎

More than 100 Romanian immigrants have been driven from their homes in Northern Ireland by what police have labelled racist attacks and intimidation. Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has called it a shameful episode for ...

Community condemns 'racist thugs'

BBC News - ‎20 hours ago‎

Politicians and community leaders have been reacting to the racist attacks in Belfast which led Romanian families to flee their homes. I hope the authorities are able to take all the action necessary to protect them. We need a collective effort to face ...

Racist attacks 'not orchestrated'

BBC News - ‎Jun 16, 2009‎

There is no evidence to suggest a series of attacks on Romanian families in south Belfast was orchestrated, police have said. PSNI Chief Inspector Robert Murdie was speaking after youths attacked an anti-racist demonstration on Monday. ...

Racist gang attack family's home

BBC News - ‎Jun 15, 2009‎

A Romanian family has been targeted in a series of racist attacks in south Belfast. A gang smashed windows and terrorised pregnant women and children in attacks on two houses on Belgravia and Wellesley avenues. Police have said they are investigating ...

Racist attacks drive Roma out of their Belfast homes

Financial Times - ‎38 minutes ago‎

By John Murray Brown in Dublin Romanian gypsy families in Northern Ireland have been forced to leave their homes after racist attacks that are being blamed on rightwing elements of the pro-British loyalist community. About 100 people, who local ...

PM condemns Romanian hate attacks

BBC News - ‎Jun 16, 2009‎

More than 100 Romanian people who fled their homes in south Belfast have been moved to a leisure centre. The group of about 20 families spent Tuesday night in a church hall after a spate of racist attacks on their homes. Police have said they do not ...

Fear of an uncertain future for Romanian immigrants

Belfast Telegraph - ‎9 hours ago‎

Yesterday, on what was a surreal day, the 115 Romanians forced from their homes in south Belfast by racists first sought sanctuary in a church hall, then a leisure centre, before finally being taken by bus to a refuge in the Queen's University area. ...

Belfast Romanians rehoused after race attacks

guardian.co.uk - ‎14 hours ago‎

Romanian people arrive at a Belfast city leisure centre, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP Romanian families forced to flee their homes in Belfast because of racist attacks have been temporarily rehoused, but many said they wanted to ...

Shameful scenes as Romanians flee homes

Belfast Telegraph - ‎9 hours ago‎

By Lesley-Anne Henry and Lisa Smyth More than 100 Romanian immigrants who fled their south Belfast homes have been moved to temporary accommodation following a violent hate campaign which has shamed Northern Ireland. Shortly before 6pm last night, ...

Romanian immigrants were left in trauma

Belfast Telegraph - ‎9 hours ago‎

But now dozens of Romanian families who set up home in Belfast are desperate to flee those new lives. At the City Church on University Avenue where they had spent the night sleeping in a hall, there were chaotic scenes as the 115 people packed up their ...

Romanians get sanctuary in Belfast church

United Press International - ‎Jun 16, 2009‎

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, June 16 (UPI) -- A group of Romanian families received shelter in a Belfast church Tuesday after a series of attacks and said they want to leave Northern Ireland. The families, more than 100 people, first tried turning one ...

Romanian families find sanctuary from Belfast race hate – for now

Scotsman - ‎9 hours ago‎

By Stephen mcginty THEY were stoned, menaced by gunmen and faced the threat of a child's throat being cut. The Romanians of Belfast – forced to flee their homes in the wake of racist attacks that shocked Britain – were temporarily rehoused by the ...

Belfast racists force Romanians to hide in church

AFP - ‎19 hours ago‎

BELFAST (AFP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday condemned a wave of racist attacks in Northern Ireland which forced more than 100 Romanians to flee their homes and shelter in a church hall. The families, including one with a ...

NIreland church harbors victims of racist attacks

The Associated Press - ‎Jun 17, 2009‎

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — More than a 100 Romanian immigrants were taking refuge Wednesday after fleeing their Belfast homes and spending the night in a church following racist attacks. Northern Ireland police helped around 20 families leave ...

Romanians want to "go home" after racist attacks (News Feature)

Monsters and Critics.com - ‎16 hours ago‎

By Anna Tomforde Jun 17, 2009, 15:45 GMT London - 'I don't feel safe here any more. I just want to go home now,' said Maria, a young Romanian mother, clutching her child in a blanket, outside Belfast City church where she had found sanctuary from ...

Racist Attacks on Romanian Gypsies in Belfast

Romani in UK - ‎1 hour ago‎

Newspapers in The United Kingdom and all over Europe have recently written about the terrified people who fled their homes in Belfast and been