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RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats

The Guardian Politics · 11 September 2026 at 13:35

RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats

Charity condemns ‘disgraceful’ intimidation and insists it will continue core purpose of saving lives at sea UK politics live – latest updates The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has had a “significant” boost in donations since becoming a target of far-right agitators protesting over small boat crossings.

The charity’s staff and volunteers have been subjected to “online and physical abuse” after involvement in a rescue on Sunday in which a dingy carrying asylum seekers was brought into Portsmouth.

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RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats

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