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Portsmouth protests erupt after 140 migrants rescued
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portsmouth on Sunday night after around 140 migrants in a single dinghy were rescued in the English C
Summary
The French coastguard said it was not safe to attempt to stop the dinghy on water. French authorities said it was unusual for the migrant boat to depart from the area - 170 miles from where they are commonly launched near Calais - making the crossing to the UK significantly longer. Between 1 January and 1 September 2026, a total of 16, 513 people crossed the English Channel by small boat from France.
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People
- Emmanuel Macron2
- Andy Burnham2
- Tommy Robinson
- Joe Robertson
- Nigel Farage
- Danny Tommo
- Thomas
Organisations
- Home Office
- Police
- BBC
Places
- Eastney Landing ferry port2
- Bay of the Seine2
- United Kingdom2
- Port of Dover2
- Portsmouth2
- Bembridge2
- Calais2
- Isle of Wight East
Keywords
- migrants2
- english2
- rescued2
- dinghy2
- inflatable
- protesters
- gathered
- normandy
- protests
- channel
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