'Scars of Dublin's riots will remain in people's souls'

The riots were a scaled-up version of what we migrants face every day in Ireland

Teresa Buczkowska on The Journal

Last week's riots "broke my immigrant Dubliner's heart", writes Polish-Irish migrant rights campaigner Teresa Buczkowska on The Journal. "The burning cars, buses and broken windows felt like a message: one hoping to instil fear in Dublin's migrant communities." The "clean-up" will "soon remove the signs of violence" on the city's streets, "but the scars will remain in people's souls." 

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The Telegraph editorial board

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