Anti-immigration protest brings central Dublin to a halt

The last year has seen rising tensions on the island of Ireland over how to accommodate immigrants as the far right increasingly exploits the issue.

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00:00 Swathes of protesters took to Dublin as part of an anti-immigration march in Ireland's

00:07 capital. Chants of "Get them out" as well as criticism of opposition political parties

00:13 could be heard over the marching demonstrators, who were carrying placards that stated "Irish

00:19 lives matter" and "Economic migrants are not refugees". The protesters walked from the

00:26 Garden of Remembrance to O'Connell Street and were accompanied by the police. According

00:33 to local media reports, the protest was organised by a local town which has been gripped by

00:38 intense protests against asylum seeker accommodation centres in recent weeks. Immigration is an

00:45 increasingly hot topic in Ireland, with almost 20,000 asylum seeker cases in the backlog.

00:52 The crisis is compounded by the UK firming up its tough stance against new arrivals who

00:57 are now increasingly heading north.

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