![The top nationalities being stopped in Belfast include Romanian, Nigerian, Chinese and Pakistani [File: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2017-06-28T080131Z_1288548028_RC1CF44B42D0_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Data obtained by Al Jazeera shows many who are stopped hold Romanian, Nigerian, Chinese and Pakistani passports.
![Loyalist rioters attack police in the Tigers Bay Area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday, April 9, 2021 [Peter Morrison/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP_21099863537623.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Brexit concerns and controversy over a funeral for a Sinn Fein figure have upset a delicate political balance.
![The gilets noirs movement, which seeks employment and other rights for undocumented migrants, claims to have more than 1,000 members [Luke Butterly/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/35dc2bc3072549df9b58a7bc2f9f32a9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The gilets noirs protest group uses space opened by France’s yellow vests and seeks rights for undocumented migrants.