Romanian Ambassador To London Goes To Belfast For Talks On Recent Racist Attacks

The 130 Romanians who requested protection were housed in the hostels of Queen’s University in Belfast.

 

According to a press release of Romania’s Embassy to London, all protection, safety and rescue measures established with Northern Ireland police and authorities were set in motion on Wednesday.

 

The press release also read that representatives of Northern Ireland government and Belfast Council see that all administrative decisions are applied properly and also work closely with representatives of the Romanian Embassy. 

 

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 requested consular assistance, adding the attacks did not target Romanians specifically, but foreigners in certain areas of Belfast.