Officials fear widespread unrest amid violence and intimidation of ethnic minorities
Northern Ireland faces a “permacrisis” from recurring race riots and may need to use military bases to shelter people burnt out of their homes, government documents reveal.
Officials fear the region faces prolonged instability and that a single incident, local or international, could spark widespread disorder.
The stark warnings say some displaced families have “gone off-grid” for security and that authorities may struggle to provide safe emergency accommodation if renewed unrest erupts.
Stormont officials painted the bleak portrait – in emails, meeting minutes and other documents obtained by news website the Detail and shared with the Guardian – amid a summer of anti-immigrant violence in Ballymena, Larne and other towns that forced scores of families to flee.
