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Anti-migrant activists are increasingly making trips to northern France to harass migrants and charity workers. Holly Bancroft examines the disturbing new trend

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ressed in a black t-shirt, a black cap and a pair of black leather gloves, UKIP leader Nick Tenconi addresses the camera from a road in northern France. In a direct appeal to “men in Britain”, he’s here to advertise a disturbing new trend, which he tells the camera could be “the next big thing” – organised trips to northern France to harass small boat migrants.