Masked protesters block Dover port roads
Port operator says services back to normal after ‘public order incident’ affected ‘all routes in and out’
Masked anti-migrant protesters blocked access to the Port of Dover, disrupting ferry traffic between the UK and France. The demonstrators, some of whom were chanting "stop the boats", wore balaclavas and caused a 4-mile traffic jam.
The protest, which was carried out by hundreds of people, halted ferry traffic for several hours before normal traffic resumed. According to DW English, the Port of Dover is the UK's biggest international ferry port, handling around 15,000 passengers a day during the summer.
The UK government condemned the disruption, with a spokesman saying "the right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but we condemn the behavior in Dover and the travel disruption it has caused".
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