Effigies of lifejacket-wearing migrants in boats have been placed on a village bonfire in a display condemned by critics as 'sickening' and 'racist'.

A sign saying 'Stop the boats' was also attached to the pyre in Moygashel, on the outskirts of Dungannon in Co Tyrone in Northern Ireland, prompting protests.

Another of the placards included states: 'Veterans before refugees.'

Sinn Fein's Assembly member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Colm Gildernew has been among those responding, branding the display 'vile' and 'deplorable'.

He also called for fellow politicians to take action against the installation.