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Anti-immigration messages placed on bonfires

  • A large anti-immigration banner featuring images of politicians was placed on a bonfire next to a playground in north Belfast, portraying migrants negatively and bearing a hostile slogan.
  • Similar anti-immigrant and anti‑Islam graffiti and signs have appeared at other bonfire sites across the city, with some messages sprayed on boarded-up homes.
  • The bonfires form part of the annual unionist Eleventh‑night/Twelfth of July tradition that marks the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.
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