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Police disperse masked protesters who blocked England’s Dover port

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Police moved masked protesters away from Dover port after they blocked access roads during a demonstration reportedly opposing irregular immigration.
  • Kent Police said the group had dispersed by midday without arrests, while the port reported traffic queues exceeding six kilometres before access routes returned to normal.
  • Government and opposition figures condemned the disruption and the use of balaclavas, while stressing the right to peaceful protest.

Masked protesters who blocked access roads to the port of Dover were dispersed by British police on Saturday after a demonstration reportedly directed against irregular immigration caused major traffic disruption.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson said on X that the protest opposed migrants arriving in the United Kingdom in small boats across the English Channel. The demonstrators carried no banners identifying the reason for the gathering. Robinson described the group as “hundreds of British men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas” who had blocked Dover in protest.

Hundreds of British men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, have taken to the streets of Dover to block it in protest against the invasion of our country by illegal men of fighting age, men who have no right to be here.

· Tommy RobinsonRobinson described the protest on X and linked it to opposition to small-boat arrivals.

Police officers moved the protesters from the port to Dover Priory railway station at about 11:30 a.m. local time. Kent Police said everyone had dispersed by midday and that no arrests were made. The Port of Dover said access routes had returned to normal after queues stretched for more than six kilometres.

It should not be allowed to cover your face, put on a balaclava and go out to protest on the streets of our country.

· Nigel FarageThe Reform UK leader condemned the protest and the use of face coverings.

The government condemned the protesters’ conduct and the traffic disruption, while saying that peaceful protest remains “fundamental” to democracy. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage also condemned the demonstration and the use of balaclavas during his party’s annual conference in Birmingham. “It should not be allowed to cover your face, put on a balaclava and go out to protest on the streets of our country,” he told the BBC, adding that he “deplores” what happened in Dover.

Labour lawmaker Mike Tapp, who represents Dover and Deal, also criticised the protesters. He said he was tired of people coming to Dover to cause disruption and argued that small-boat arrivals had fallen by 40%. Dover is the United Kingdom’s main international ferry and passenger port. It handled more than nine million passengers and two million freight vehicles in 2025.

I am fed up with idiots coming to Dover to cause disruption.

· Mike TappThe Labour lawmaker for Dover and Deal criticised the traffic disruption caused by the protesters.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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