Hundreds of demonstrators dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the streets around Dover earlier today, shouting 'stop the boats' in what the Port of Dover described as a 'public order incident'.
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Hundreds of demonstrators dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the streets around Dover earlier today, shouting ‘stop the boats’ in what the Port of Dover described as a ‘public order incident’.
The protest seemed to take the police by surprise and intimidated residents.
The demonstrators were eventually escorted to the railway station. It appears an anti-immigration group with links to the far right have claimed responsibility for the demonstration.
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Hundreds of protesters - dressed in black and wearing balaclavas - descended on Dover in Kent, bringing the port to a standstill…
Access to the UK's busiest port was blocked this morning by demonstrators who were heard chanting ‘whose streets? our streets!’…
The demonstrators wore masks and prevented traffic from accessing the port
The protesters, dressed largely in black with their faces obscured, gathered around the ferry terminal on Saturday morning.
‘Having the path of your vehicle blocked by men wearing black paramilitary gear and balaclavas is extremely intimidating’.
Traffic at Britain's largest international port briefly halted as 'stop the boats' protesters blocked approaching roads.
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