Oisin Coghlan

I mean, yes, I think is the answer.

There's certainly, we've seen it, as you described.

And I think there's a combination of factors here.

One is there is just racism.

Some of it is just racism.

There's also, though, bad faith actors who are seeking to exploit real challenges and real issues for either often personal gain themselves in terms of money, but often political leverage, influence, attention.

We live in an attention economy.

And you combine that with the power of social media.

And I say the power, but I also mean

the device of power, as in it's designed for engagement, it's designed for extremism, it's designed for division.

And those bad faith actors use it and their messages get amplified and the extremes get amplified.

On top of that, we had an actual owner of a social media company who should have been busy becoming a trillionaire, deciding to spend his time inciting agitation on the streets of Belfast.

That's Elon Musk.

And then, of course, in Belfast in particular, there is a

long tradition of recreational street activity in the summer.

So it's a tinderbox waiting to happen in Belfast in particular.

But the more general trends are as we described.

I would say it's worth remembering, like the numbers, to get the context here, because there are people who are trying to exploit this situation.

I was just looking at the figures.

In terms of international protection applicants, it's been about