Ethnic minorities have become the new victims in Northern Ireland following the end of the Troubles, the head of a migrants' group has claimed.
Patrick Yu said ugly scenes this year when 113 Roma Romanians were forced from their south Belfast homes were part of a growing spiral of violence against vulnerable workers and families.
There were 771 racist crimes last year, fewer than the number of sectarian incidents but on the increase. Most involved criminal damage or assaults.
Mr Yu, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities executive director, said: "Racial violence and harassment is an extreme form but increasingly a common norm of racism in Northern Ireland.
"The 1994 ceasefire marked the start of a growing spiral of violence against ethnic minorities, who have become the new victims in Northern Ireland's post-conflict society.
"Is this the peace dividend for ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland?"
More than 100 immigrants returned to Romania after the June attacks, which made headlines around the world.
Vandalism left 20 terrified families staying in a church hall one night after leaving their homes.
Many spent the following evening at the Ozone leisure centre in south Belfast, after being taken there from the church hall.
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