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No 10 condemns ‘thuggish’ far-right activists after Portsmouth unrest
UK NewsPolitics•September 7, 2026 at 4:34 PMNational

No 10 condemns ‘thuggish’ far-right activists after Portsmouth unrest

By Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot•The Guardian - UK News

Hundreds of men, some in balaclavas, try to prevent asylum seekers’ processing, two days after similar scenes in DoverDowning Street has condemned the “thuggish and intimidating behaviour” of far-right activists who blocked roads in Portsmouth when a boat carrying asylum seekers arrived in the city, two days after similar scenes in Dover.Hundreds of men, some dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, tried to stop the arrivals from being transported for processing until 3am, when police removed them with threats of arrest. Continue reading...

Hundreds of men, some in balaclavas, try to prevent asylum seekers’ processing, two days after similar scenes in Dover

Downing Street has condemned the “thuggish and intimidating behaviour” of far-right activists who blocked roads in Portsmouth when a boat carrying asylum seekers arrived in the city, two days after similar scenes in Dover.

Hundreds of men, some dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, tried to stop the arrivals from being transported for processing until 3am, when police removed them with threats of arrest.

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