Several high-profile crimes linked to Muslim migrants have also driven fear into the native citizenry, culminating in the shocking knife attacks on young children and their teacher by an Algerian-born Irish citizen in November that triggered rioting and looting in the nation’s capital.

In terms of those making asylum seeker claims in Ireland, many have been coming from Muslim countries like from Nigeria, where 2,000 have arrived already this year, as well as Algeria, Somalia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Countries that don’t share customs or traditions with Ireland. Of the nearly 7,300 people refused refugee status in Ireland since the beginning of 2023, less than 100 have been deported
Chants of “get them out” in reference to the government, echoed throughout the nation’s capital while others carried signs reading “Irish lives matter” and “under siege, invasion.” Large banners reading “mass deportations” and “end the plantation” hung from a bridge.Ā