Hundreds gather at anti-migrant protests in two UK port cities
PA Media/dpaLondonHundreds of anti-immigration protesters have gathered in two English port cities on the south coast amid police restrictions and warnings against the use of face...
A significant number of anti-immigration demonstrators have assembled in two English port towns on the southern coastline, despite police mandates and advisories against wearing masks. In Southampton, both South Coast Patriots and anti-racism activists from Southampton Stand Up To Racism have convened in the city center. A similar situation is taking place in Dover, Kent, where police cruisers are positioned along the roads surrounding Dover Priory Station, the commencement point of the protest march.
South Coast Patriots is not listed among the regional organizations affiliated with Patriot Platform, the network established by anti-immigration advocate Daniel Thomas, popularly known as Danny Tommo. Social media posts promoting the Dover protest attribute it to the English Defence League and to Kent Patriots, an affiliate of Patriot Platform, which announced on Instagram that their members would not participate.
In Southampton, demonstrators commenced their march from the port, carrying English and Union flags, and shouted slogans such as "Stop the boats"; "England till I die"; and "Deport the lot". A counter-protest consisting of approximately 50 individuals from Stand Up To Racism had gathered at the Bargate in the heart of Southampton city center.
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