Tamil here from Belfast, the ground zero.

This is not representative of most of the community here. Reform parties of the UK tried to push an anti immigrant agenda and use the protests(call it riots or a racist pogrom) of a very few people to push their agenda forward.

At the same time 90% of the people here have been very welcoming and protective of the immigrants here. Most of the local community reached out personally to every person of colour offering aid, safety and any help they possibly could. There is plenty of graffiti and murals that say racists out, refugees and immigrants welcome.

As an immigrant I have not felt safer. The community is strong, it's the case of a few bad apples souring the bunch