Migrant Boat Effigy Burned In Northern Ireland
11th July 2025
Police have launched a hate incident investigation after a bonfire topped with an effigy depicting channel migrants was set alight in Northern Ireland.
A boat carrying mannequins wearing lifejackets topped the towering bonfire in Moygashel, County Tyrone. Banners which read “stop the boats”, “veterans before refugees” and “stop illegal immigration” were fixed to the pallets. An Irish tricolour flag was also placed on the tower.
The bonfire was lit on Thursday night as part of a Unionist tradition ahead of the Protestant loyal orders July 12 parades, despite police saying they were investigating the “hate incident”.
Politicians and religious leaders have condemned the bonfire as “racist, threatening and offensive”.
Democracy is worth defending unless the Ruling Class doesn’t like it.
UPDATE: Migrant Boat Effigy Burned In Northern Ireland (Times UK)