{"id":351168,"date":"2026-06-10T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/belfast-riots-how-our-broken-asylum-system-continues-to-fuel-unrest\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:00:26","slug":"belfast-riots-how-our-broken-asylum-system-continues-to-fuel-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/belfast-riots-how-our-broken-asylum-system-continues-to-fuel-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast riots: How our broken asylum system continues to fuel unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/T-hbW_X6dDw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Belfast riots: How our broken asylum system continues to fuel unrest\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T-hbW_X6dDw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Tom and Robert are joined by Northern Ireland Reporter Stewart Robson following a night of violence and unrest in Belfast after Monday&#8217;s stabbing attack.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart shares what he witnessed on the ground, describing a &quot;real determination from some people to make it as dangerous as possible&quot;, and outlines the latest developments in the case &#8211; as the politicans, police and the victim&#8217;s family call for calm&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Tom and Robert unpack how the economic reality is fuelling anti-immigrant sentiment, discuss why successive Governments have struggled to control immigration, and look at whether opposing parties and their plans to fix the problems have any hope of success.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:42 Man in court over knife attack<br \/>\n04:10 Victim&#8217;s condition<br \/>\n05:47 How violent protests unfolded<br \/>\n08:56 Immigration concerns across Northern Ireland&#8217;s communities<br \/>\n13:30 Rules on asylum seeker travel<br \/>\n15:53 Why politicians find tackling illegal immigration so hard<br \/>\n20:04 What is behind people&#8217;s immigration concerns<br \/>\n23:53 Trump&#8217;s action on immigration<br \/>\n26:44 Has Brexit caused more illegal immigration?<br \/>\n28:57 Robert boils down what needs to be done<br \/>\n29:40 The economy issue underlying everything<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom and Robert are joined by Northern Ireland Reporter Stewart Robson following a night of violence and unrest in Belfast after Monday&#8217;s stabbing attack. 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