Racist Abuse Towards LUAS (tram) Staff on the Increase

Alert DateJanuary 5, 2013 Country: Ireland Address: Dublin General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market, Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet, Newspaper
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Afghan, Albanian, Algerian, American, Andorran, Angolan, Antiguans, Argentinean, Armenian, Australian, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Bahamian, Bahraini, Bangladeshi, Barbadian, Barbudans, Batswana, Belarusian, Belgian, Belizean, Beninese, Bhutanese, Bolivian, Bosnian, Brazilian, British, Bruneian, Bulgarian, Burkinabe, Burmese, Burundian, Cambodian, Cameroonian, Canadian, Cape Verdean, Central African, Chadian, Chilean, Chinese, Colombian, Comoran, Congolese, Costa Rican, Croatian, Cuban, Cypriot, Czech, Danish, Djibouti, Dominican, Dutch, East Timorese, Ecuadorean, Egyptian, Emirian, Equatorial Guinean, Eritrean, Estonian, Ethiopian, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gabonese, Gambian, Georgian, German, Ghanaian, Greek, Grenadian, Guatemalan, Guinea-Bissauan, Guinean, Guyanese, Haitian, Herzegovinian, Honduran, Hungarian, I-Kiribati, Icelander, Indian, Indonesian, Iranian, Iraqi, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Ivorian, Jamaican, Japanese, Jordanian, Kazakhstani, Kenyan, Kittian and Nevisian, Kuwaiti, Kyrgyz, Laotian, Latvian, Lebanese, Liberian, Libyan, Liechtensteiner, Lithuanian, Luxembourger, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malawian, Malaysian, Maldivan, Malian, Maltese, Marshallese, Mauritanian, Mauritian, Mexican, Micronesian, Moldovan, Monacan, Mongolian, Moroccan, Mosotho, Motswana, Mozambican, Namibian, Nauruan, Nepalese, New Zealander, Nicaraguan, Nigerian, Nigerien, North Korean, Northern Irish, Norwegian, Omani, Pakistani, Palauan, Panamanian, Papua New Guinean, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Qatari, Romanian, Russian, Rwandan, Saint Lucian, Salvadoran, Samoan, San Marinese, Sao Tomean, Saudi, Scottish, Senegalese, Serbian, Seychellois, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Slovakian, Slovenian, Solomon Islander, Somali, South African, South Korean, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Surinamer, Swazi, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tanzanian, Thai, Togolese, Tongan, Trinidadian or Tobagonian, Tunisian, Turkish, Tuvaluan, Ugandan, Ukrainian, Uruguayan, Uzbekistani, Venezuelan, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yemenite, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Palestinian
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
Perpetrator Gender Male, Female
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No


According to Herald.ie, new LUAS figures show that while the number of public order offences has declined, racist abuse towards staff has increased and is most often of verbal nature.According to Herald.ie, new LUAS figures show that while the number of public order offences has declined, racist abuse towards staff has increased and is most often of verbal nature.According to Herald.ie, new LUAS figures show that while the number of public order offences has declined, racist abuse towards staff has increased and is most often of verbal nature.

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