The Polish community in Dublin is embarking on an initiative aimed at identifying and dealing with the causes of violence against their people in Ireland.
The project follows the murders of two young Polish men who were stabbed in Drimnagh in Dublin last Saturday week.
The deaths of Pavel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos, who were violently attacked by a group of teenagers, caused shock and distress among the large Polish community.
Their murders have also been condemned by gardaí, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice.
The Dublin Polish Information and Culture Centre says what happened to the two migrant workers could have happened to anybody.
However as the board of the centre prepares to meet this afternoon, it has said there are certain individuals who are particularly vulnerable to these kind of attacks.
The board says racism cannot be ruled out as a possible reason for the assault on the Polish men, and the group claims there is a dearth of information in relation to the number of unreported 'incidents' on possible xenophobic/racial grounds.
It adds even if the crime was not committed on xenophobic grounds it vital to initiate a serious dialogue with the immigrant-led organisations, gardaí, Government Departments, and interested parties within diversified communities to prevent a something similar happening again.
