The man told BBC News NI he was afraid anti-Roma sentiment had spread across Northern Ireland following riots in June.

The town is transformed says MP Jim Allister, but protests continue and communities targeted by the violence remain fearful.

He now lives in Ballymena with his partner and works as a mechanic, working on coaches – one of the 4,000 or so Filipinos in Northern Ireland’s 1.9 million population.

The Romanian Embassy has been in contact with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council following riots in Ballymena last month, councillors have been told.

Police respond to a second night of violence in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as people take part in what the police called "rioting and disorder," sparked by an alleged sexual assault in the ...