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Belfast anti-immigrant riots show long legacy of sectarian violence

A man walks down a street after rioting broke out late Tuesday, in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, following a stabbing incident.
A man walks down a street after rioting broke out in east Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 10, 2026, following a stabbing incident. © Peter Morrison, AP

Anti-immigrant riots that broke out this week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, are part of a long history of conflict and sectarian divisions in a city marked by three decades of unrest known as the Troubles, according to residents and academics.

Days of anti-immigration violence in Belfast have shown how three decades of unrest in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles, still shape the contours of daily life, residents and academics said.

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