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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Black

Hate incident investigation after bonfire topped with migrant effigy lit in Northern Ireland

A bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat is set alight -

A loyalist bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, featuring a controversial effigy of migrants in a boat and an Irish tricolour flag, has been lit.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed they are investigating the pyre as a hate incident. The bonfire is one of around 300 expected to be lit across Northern Ireland on Thursday and Friday nights, ahead of the Orange Order’s annual July 12 parades.

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