Justice for Indian students in Ireland

The Issue

This is the story of:

  • Ms Anjali Sharma and her friend were recently attacked by a group of under-18 thugs in St. Stephens Green, the lung of Dublin. In an interview with Dublin Live, Ms Sharma states "I turned and they threw a can straight into my eye. I started crying and yelling because I couldn't see anything. It felt like my eye was gone. I wasn’t able to see for almost half an hour. I was so panicked and the teenagers ran away."
    Anjali had to be taken to hospital where the doctors said she suffered from retinal bruising which would take a few weeks to heal.
  • Mr Ambarish Kumar Sonbhadra and Mr Prince Kumar Singh former Masters students in International Business Management at Griffith College and were on their way home from an exam when they were set upon by the vicious young thugs as little as 10-year-old. On Newstalk Breakfast, Mr Singh said his friend had to get stitches in his head after one of the children threw a bicycle lock at him.
  • Tushar Subhra Baruah, the former student of the National College of Ireland,  was set upon by a gang of around six people. He was the victim of an apparent racist and homophobic assault after being attacked twice in the space of a few days in the city centre, reported Independent.ie.
  • A 25-year-old man from India was assaulted in Finglas early on Sunday morning when he was helping to deliver food for a local takeaway. The man, who spoke to The Irish Times on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to Ireland in January to study a master’s degree in digital analytics. He was training to become a pizza chef in a local takeaway, and it was only his second day on the job at the time of the incident.
  • Beacon reported an Indian man in Dublin was hit by a car after it mounted the footpath in a seemingly racially motivated attack. The incident took place on the morning of Monday 18 November and was captured on video. The man, known as Sam, escaped with minor injuries.
    .....and hundreds of other Indian students.

These are a few of the hundreds of stories that happen every day in the streets of Dublin, Ireland. These were probably the ones that got published by the mainstream print media, and there are countless other stories that were ignored. There are many who stayed and moved on, and there are many who were forced to move back to India amidst their studies. In many of these above cases, the victim is yet to get any justice from Irish Justice System, in most cases these culprits were never brought to the law as most of these criminals are underaged. Most of these crimes go unreported or without evidence, but someone has been physically harmed, and there is no system in place to bring that individual to justice in Ireland. 

Ireland is home to mainly international students, and a majority of them are Indians. Every year thousands of Indian students are travelling to Ireland for higher studies and it is very tragic to see these students have to deal with such situations.

I would request the Ministry Of External Affairs, India to  

  • Please summon the Ambassador of Ireland to India. Ask, what actions the Government of Ireland is taking regarding the continuous racist attacks and the safety of Indian students. The Government of Ireland must create a just environment for everyone, regardless of their origins or backgrounds.
  • Please issue an immediate travel advisory to all prospective international students and warn them about the potential threats and dangers they might face in Ireland.

 

 

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The Issue

This is the story of:

  • Ms Anjali Sharma and her friend were recently attacked by a group of under-18 thugs in St. Stephens Green, the lung of Dublin. In an interview with Dublin Live, Ms Sharma states "I turned and they threw a can straight into my eye. I started crying and yelling because I couldn't see anything. It felt like my eye was gone. I wasn’t able to see for almost half an hour. I was so panicked and the teenagers ran away."
    Anjali had to be taken to hospital where the doctors said she suffered from retinal bruising which would take a few weeks to heal.
  • Mr Ambarish Kumar Sonbhadra and Mr Prince Kumar Singh former Masters students in International Business Management at Griffith College and were on their way home from an exam when they were set upon by the vicious young thugs as little as 10-year-old. On Newstalk Breakfast, Mr Singh said his friend had to get stitches in his head after one of the children threw a bicycle lock at him.
  • Tushar Subhra Baruah, the former student of the National College of Ireland,  was set upon by a gang of around six people. He was the victim of an apparent racist and homophobic assault after being attacked twice in the space of a few days in the city centre, reported Independent.ie.
  • A 25-year-old man from India was assaulted in Finglas early on Sunday morning when he was helping to deliver food for a local takeaway. The man, who spoke to The Irish Times on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to Ireland in January to study a master’s degree in digital analytics. He was training to become a pizza chef in a local takeaway, and it was only his second day on the job at the time of the incident.
  • Beacon reported an Indian man in Dublin was hit by a car after it mounted the footpath in a seemingly racially motivated attack. The incident took place on the morning of Monday 18 November and was captured on video. The man, known as Sam, escaped with minor injuries.
    .....and hundreds of other Indian students.

These are a few of the hundreds of stories that happen every day in the streets of Dublin, Ireland. These were probably the ones that got published by the mainstream print media, and there are countless other stories that were ignored. There are many who stayed and moved on, and there are many who were forced to move back to India amidst their studies. In many of these above cases, the victim is yet to get any justice from Irish Justice System, in most cases these culprits were never brought to the law as most of these criminals are underaged. Most of these crimes go unreported or without evidence, but someone has been physically harmed, and there is no system in place to bring that individual to justice in Ireland. 

Ireland is home to mainly international students, and a majority of them are Indians. Every year thousands of Indian students are travelling to Ireland for higher studies and it is very tragic to see these students have to deal with such situations.

I would request the Ministry Of External Affairs, India to  

  • Please summon the Ambassador of Ireland to India. Ask, what actions the Government of Ireland is taking regarding the continuous racist attacks and the safety of Indian students. The Government of Ireland must create a just environment for everyone, regardless of their origins or backgrounds.
  • Please issue an immediate travel advisory to all prospective international students and warn them about the potential threats and dangers they might face in Ireland.

 

 

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Petition created on 27 July 2021