An armed soldier walks near the new wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, which the Polish government calls a 'physical barrier'. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images) “Protest against accommodation for asylum seekers: ‘130 asylum seekers is far too many’.” “Fire confirmed as arson: the house was intended for asylum seekers.” “Violent protest against reception of asylum seekers.” These headlines from Belgium in 2019, Finland in 2015 and the Netherlands in 2016 reflect that Ireland’s recent protests against refugees are the belated arrival of tactics long-practised elsewhere in Europe. READ MORE In 2015, the German news programme Tagesschau reported on the role of...