Racism & Migrant Rights

This report builds on the Mapping Far Right Activity Online in Northern Ireland Project Report (May 2025), which examined case studies of far-right activity, from racist housing intimidation in South Belfast (2023) to the racist and Islamophobic violence in Belfast on 3 August 2024. That report analysed social media narratives, political messaging, and responses to these incidents, and was launched...

This report explores the rise of far-right discourse in Northern Ireland on social media has become a key platform for spreading racist stereotypes, misinformation, and hate targeting migrants and minority ethnic communities. Drawing on detailed case studies, it outlines how such narratives—often rooted in discredited ideas like the “great replacement theory”—fuel fear, division, and in some cases, real-world violence and...