Another Family Of Romanians Attacked In Belfast, None Injured

The attack occurred at 23:00 local time, in eastern Belfast. According to a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland police, quoted by the Belfast Telegraph online, nobody was injured and the only damage was a smashed bathroom window.

Police confirmed for BBC that the incident is analyzed as a “hate crime”.

The Romanian Consul to Belfast, Mihai Delcea, will meet Thursday with the secretary of state in charge with Social Development, Margaret Ritchie, to discuss the racist attacks in southern Belfast, which caused 20 families of Romanians to leave their homes.

The families took refuge in a church and Wednesday, most of the Romanian families, whose members are of rroma ethnicity, were temporarily housed in the Ozone center of Belfast. According to Ritchie, the families can stay in temporary housing for at most one week.

Countless politicians, including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, condemned these attacks.

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday that none of the Romanians in the Belfast area has requested consular assistance and, at the moment, there were no injuries reported, adding the attacks did not target Romanians specifically, but foreigners in certain areas of Belfast.

The Ministry said the Romanian Embassy took notice and is in contact with local authorities, the Police, the Romanian Church and the association of Romanians in the Belfast Ballymena area, as well as with members of the first family attacked.

 

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