Garda Commissioner states that attacks on refugee accommodation centres are likely committed by local people who believe misinformation, rather than being coordinated by the far right. He mentions the rise of political extremism in Europe, with the far right being a part of it, but denies evidence of a coordinated effort.
Attacks on refugee accommodation centres are not being guided by “an invisible hand” and were likely committed by local people who chose to believe misinformation, Garda Commissioner says. Responding to questions about whether the far right were coordinating arson attacks, Mr Harris said there was “a rise in political extremism ” in Europe and the “ far right were an element of that”.
However, there was “no evidence to suggest there is a coordinated effort or an invisible hand” directing the arson attacks on refugee accommodation in the Republic this year
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