RSI warns UK government about its role in racist anti-migrant violence
2nd July 2026
Today, RSI wrote to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Northern Ireland Secretary to express our concern about how the UK government’s acts and apparent omissions have directly contributed to the racist, anti-migrant violence and intimidation that we have seen across Northern Ireland over the past several weeks.
In this letter, we highlighted our concerns that the UK government has:
- Directly contributed to the stigmatisation and targeting of migrants, asylum seekers and racialised communities through rhetoric by successive Prime Ministers – including the current one – and Home Secretaries, arguably inciting discrimination, hostility or violence in a manner that violates international law;
- Failed to take adequate steps to prevent potential violations of the right to life as well as the spread of harassment, intimidation and violence directed at migrants, asylum seekers and racialised communities, especially in Northern Ireland but also in Great Britain;
- Failed to ensure effective investigations and remedies for the harassment, intimidation and violence directed at migrants, asylum seekers and racialised communities in Northern Ireland, in a way that could undermine compliance with the UK’s international legal obligations to prevent racism and other discrimination; and
- Failed to ensure sufficient support for people and communities whom racist mobs or organisations have been subjecting to harassment, intimidation and violence.
See the full letter, linked below, for more information.