Vasundhara Sirnate, who has lived in NI since 2017, reflects on years of experiencing racism in her adopted community, and explains why recent anti-immigrant violence felt tragically inevitable
Firefighters battle a house that was set on fire in the Clonavon area of Ballymena on June 9 (Photo by Kevin Scott)
On Sunday, June 15, I asked my husband to drive me through the streets that witnessed rioting in Ballymena.
The violence in the town occurred two miles from where we live.