“Anti-migrant sentiment’ has grown in Ireland recently, according to a woman who moved here from Uganda in 2002.
today, Linda said this change in attitude is linked to the growing presence of social media in our lives.Advertisement“My friends and neighbours say, ‘I don’t want coming in, they’re taking over.’
“I don’t think, as Irish people, we get to say that ‘we don’t like foreigners in this country’ because most people’s families, neighbours, or friends have moved abroad for whatever reason.
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