‘It’s Not About Racism’: Belfast Protests Demand Migration Changes | Matthew Syed
Jun 14, 2026•Channel
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“We're a very generous nation, but I think it's outrageous that people are coming on small boats via criminal gangs, and that this system is weaponised by tyrannical regimes that want to bring down the West.”
Protests in Belfast in the aftermath of a brutal stabbing last week have been met with anti-racism demonstrations, but the conversation must not “pussyfoot” around the matter of illegal immigration, says The Sunday Times columnist Matthew Syed.
Matthew Syed was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day from 6-10am.
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