Ballyfermot Cherry Orchard For All is the latest community group to form in the wake of anti-refugee protests held throughout the capital in recent months.
A COMMUNITY GROUP in Ballyfermot has said there is “no place for racism” in their area after forming in the wake of anti-refugee protests held in the area in recent weeks.
The group was formed by locals and is being supported by Dublin City Council and over 25 organisations, including the Ballyfermot Anti Racism Network, the Ballyfermot Youth Service and the Ballyfermot Traveller Action Group. People Before Profit councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Hazel de Nortúin told The Journal that there has been a lot of misinformation shared with locals about asylum seekers in recent weeks.
De Nortúin said the idea of the group was to show solidarity to communities and to make Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard as inclusive as possible. “We see it even in our own friends, our own family, where we see these conspiracy theorists spouting lies and misinformation on a continuous basis, and it’s very hard for people on occasions to disseminate between what’s a truth and what’s a lie, and when you get frightened, you can easily get sucked into these far-right organisations.
One such protest in Finglas heard a man in attendance say that the way to “deal” with asylum seekers was to “burn them out of it”. She told The Journal that some of the things being said at anti-refugee protests and online were “pretty disgusting”. “We experienced what happened at the roundabout there a few weeks back when they came and the language out of them. There was a hatred that was palpable. It was just completely unethical, wrong against everything. They were just shouting and ranting, really,” he said.
“That’s what I agree with and that’s why I’m here today, to show solidarity with the people of Ballyfermot and with immigrants as well that have come to Ireland.”“That would make things a lot easier. People would be more accepting of it then.” Ballyfermot Cherry Orchard For All is planning to hold other community events going forward in an effort to build solidarity with locals.
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