Two small boat protests cause disruption on the south coast

Police officers at the scene of one of the protests - near Eastney Beach, Portsmouth - on Sunday night Two large protests caused significant disruption in Dover and Portsmouth over the weekend as hundreds of people gathered to demonstrate against migrants arriving by small boats. The first took place in Dover on Saturday morning and saw protesters dressed in black and wearing face coverings, blocking traffic from coming in and out of the port. Chants of “stop the boats” could be heard amongst th