Daniel Thomas leads Patriot Platform protesters in Portsmouth and Dover to block migrants and disrupt traffic

Daniel Thomas led a group of anti-migration protesters, known as the Patriot Platform, in a series of demonstrations across southern England over the weekend. On Sunday, hundreds of masked protesters converged on a port in Portsmouth to block lifeboats bringing 120 migrants ashore and subsequently attempted to block buses carrying the asylum seekers to a processing facility. The standoff lasted until early Monday morning, resulting in some damage to official vehicles and minor injuries to a few officers. On Saturday, a similar group of masked protesters blocked roads leading to the Port of Dover, causing a four-mile traffic jam. The administration condemned the

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• bbc.com
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• The Guardian
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• CNN
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