Doras Luimni issues warning over ‘nasty’ online comments about migrants

A migrant support group has warned of a growth in “nasty and negative” comments online about the refugee crisis.

The warning came as 161 people displaced by the Syrian conflict and who have arrived in Ireland as part of the longstanding UNHCR resettlement programme have begun to move to different parts of the country having undergone initial language and orientation programmes.

Doras Luimni, which supports immigrants and asylum seekers in the Limerick area, ran an ‘Anti-Rumours’ project from the middle of 2014 until earlier this year, in which it addressed common misconceptions about refugees and migrants.