No 10 condemns ‘thuggish’ far-right activists after Portsmouth unrest
by Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot from World news | The Guardian on (#787DX)
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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