Dublin Anti-Immigration Protests Flare Up For Second Night
Protesters face a line of police at a demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Saggart, Ireland, on Oct. 21.
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Two police officers were hospitalized and 24 arrests were made during a second night of violent anti-immigration rioting in Dublin Wednesday night.
Disturbances broke out outside an accommodation center for international protection applicants in suburban west Dublin. Masonry missiles and fireworks were thrown at police, according to a police statement, adding that the disorder was carried out mostly by young adult men and teenagers.