Six arrested after anti-migrant protest at marina in Hampshire

Hundreds of protesters turned out at Gosport thinking that asylum seekers were arriving there Six people have been arrested after anti-migrant protesters gathered at a marina in Hampshire in the mistaken belief that a small boat was due to arrive.

Heeding calls from the far-right campaigner Daniel Thomas, hundreds of protesters gathered early on Tuesday evening at Gosport in Hampshire, aiming to disrupt any disembarkation of asylum seekers.

The Border Force vessels carrying them landed instead in Dover early on Wednesday.

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