Belfast Romanians in hiding after more attacks

"It is a matter of great concern for us that a small, unrepresentative group would attempt to threaten and intimidate a large number of people. "We have to ensure that we defeat these people." "It's easy for me in my position to say I want them to stay...

"It is a matter of great concern for us that a small, unrepresentative group would attempt to threaten and intimidate a large number of people. "We have to ensure that we defeat these people." "It's easy for me in my position to say I want them to stay. "I entirely understand that people who have been so traumatised would want to leave. Mr Murdie added: "We have been out in strength to try to give reassurance to members of the public who may feel vulnerable at this time." He continued: "When (the Romanians) arrived , they were very distraught and bewildered. "We have to sit down with our communities to appeal to people to give information," he added. Mr Murdie said the act for constabulary patrols had been increased. Approximately 20 families were helped by police to evacuate their places in the Lisburn Road field of south belfast and seek safety on Tuesday night. More than 100 Romanians accept been helped by police to evacuate their families and shelter in a church hall. "I am safer back in Romania even than here," she said. The Romanian consul general will meet Northern ireland's elite growth minister, Margaret Ritchie, today to discuss the violence. Racist attacks against Romanians in Northern ireland get changed from south to east belfast with the pointing of a house stand in Upper Newtonards Road last night. Pastor morgan future said he believed a "small group of racist thugs" were behind the attacks. The 20 families said their firms had been repeatly attacked by a racist gang. Fernando said he sought service from Orangefield Presbysterian church, asking for help to move his home from the area for good . 3 4 2 1 . One of the Romanian men, Fernando, said he had been injured when rocks and stones were thrown through his windows in the former hours of Sunday morning. A woman who said she was called perca was one of the end Romanians to arrive at at the ozone centre, shortly after 11 am yesterday. The law Service for Northern ireland confirmed they were treating the incident as a hate crime. The ozone sports arena area, which is usually used as a tennis breeding center for children, had been transformed into a makeshift protection for the Romanians. Northern ireland's view administration seed the group yesterday at a leisure center in an attempt to persuade them to stay and stand up to what the city's lord mayor said was a "stain of shame over Belfast". Ritchie has said the families can stay in the temporary accommodation for at least a week. Belfast victor mayor naomi Long recommended the south belfast community to come up round their neighbours following the mass of racist attacks. Naomi Long the lord mayor who also paid a visit to the Romanian houses, said that the racist assaults was showing the city in a negative light across the world. 3 4 2 1 .