A new activist group in Dublin claims that the government’s approach to immigration is “playing into the hands of far-right groups.”
Dublin Communities Against Racism (DCAR) will demonstrate outside Leinster House on Saturday, to urge the government to address issues relating to immigration and local community concerns, Breaking news reported.
The group expressed concern over an increase in anti-refugee demonstrations across the nation, but it also denounced government policies “that have bought conflict and division in our communities.”
They said this failure by the current and previous governments has exposed communities to the “poisonous influence of far-right agitators who have nothing to offer the working class but misery”.
According to DCAR, the Government has not adequately informed local communities about the number of asylum seekers being transferred to the relevant areas, nor has it addressed concerns about the lack of resources in these locations.
The group also stated that the issue contributes to the Government’s “abysmal failure” to address the State’s housing crisis.
“Years of mismanagement, cronyism and greed meted out by successive governments has amounted to a systemic attack on the working class,” a spokesperson for the group said ahead of Saturday’s demonstration.
“People are quite right to be angry but that anger needs to be directed at the establishment and government whose disregard for the working class breeds rampant inequality.”
“We reject totally the view that working class areas are ‘racist’,” Independent Dublin City Councillor Cieran Perry added.
“Our communities have always been diverse and welcoming of new residents. The issues that have arisen in recent months relate directly to the imposition of government policy onto areas with no consultation or even basic communication with community or residents groups.”