Dover asylum protests pose danger to small boat arrivals, charities say

<p>Home Office orders diversion from usual landing place to Ramsgate to avoid clashes with far right </p><p>Charities have warned of the increasing danger to asylum seekers posed by far-right protesters after small boat arrivals were moved from their usual landing place in Dover to further along the coast to avoid clashes.</p><p>The Guardian understands that Home Office officials received intelligence that some of those participating in what was billed the <a href="https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/town-braced-ahead-of-right-wing-protest-on-first-day-of-summ-327448/">Great British National Protest</a> in Dover on Saturday afternoon could have been planning to target Kent Intake Unit, where small boat arrivals are initially processed after being escorted to shore in Dover by the Border Force.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/23/dover-asylum-protests-pose-danger-to-small-boat-arrivals-charities-say">Continue reading...</a>