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Vehicles Damaged and Police Officers Injured in Anti-Migration Stand-Off
About 200 demonstrators blocked roads and damaged vehicles as officers protected coaches carrying around 140 migrants, police said.
- On Sunday night, approximately 200 protesters blocked migrant coaches at Eastney Marina in Portsmouth after 140 migrants arrived via RNLI lifeboats, injuring police officers and damaging emergency vehicles during the standoff.
- Activists from the Patriot Platform, founded by far-right campaigner Daniel Thomas, organized the blockade to prevent migrants from leaving after they journeyed from Normandy in one of the longest small boat crossings.
- Portsmouth City Council leader Steve Pitt called the disembarkation site 'completely unsuitable,' while resident Barry John-Williams, 69, described protesters as 'idiots' after they offered him money for his dinghy.
- Coaches transporting the migrants departed Portsmouth at 4am on Monday for processing at a facility outside Hampshire, while Hampshire Police launched an investigation into assaults and criminal damage to vehicles.
- Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones warned that if trafficking routes shift westward away from Dover, southern England faces a 'significant issue,' noting places like Portsmouth are 'not set up' for migrant arrivals.
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Number of police officers injured after protest over migrant arrivals
An investigation has been launched after reports of injuries to police officers and criminal damage to vehicles at a Hampshire protest over a migrant operation
·Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Several police officers were injured and police vehicles damaged during the anti-migration protest in the British port city of Portsmouth on Sunday night, British media reported, citing local authorities.
·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Cops injured, vehicles damaged as anti‑migrant protest turns violent in UK; second protest in two days
UK News: An anti-migrant demonstration in Portsmouth escalated into violence resulting in injuries to police officers and damage to emergency service vehicles. The protest followed the arrival of 140 migrants by boat, raising concerns about safety and suitability of the disembarkation site.
·India
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