A weekend of protests in Portsmouth and Dover has exposed deepening tensions over Britain's Channel crossings, even as the government insists arrival numbers are falling. #EuropeNews

Black-clad demonstrators chanting ‘stop the boats’ cause 4-mile traffic jam at Dover before port access is restored; UK government condemns disruption

The centre-left Labour government has said the number of boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers across the Channel was the lowest this summer since 2019

Dover said Saturday that all traffic was “stopped due to an ongoing public order incident,” and police said they were “engaging with the protesters.”