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Dozens of masked demonstrators clad in black blocked access roads to the Port of Dover on Saturday, halting all ferry traffic between southern England and northern France.
Port authorities confirmed that the demonstration stopped all incoming and outgoing vehicles at the terminal, which handles a third of Britain’s goods trade with the European Union.
Kent Police engaged with the crowds as local officials identified the group as a “stop the boats” anti-immigration protest targeting Channel crossings.
The blockade highlights ongoing political tension over migrant arrivals, which hard-right political groups have leveraged to fuel anti-immigration sentiment.
While tens of thousands of asylum seekers have crossed the Channel annually in recent years, the Labour government reported that cooperation agreements with France helped reduce summer boat crossings to their lowest levels since 2019.
Despite those reductions, the shutdown directly disrupted operations at a crucial transit hub that processes over 25,000 passenger and freight vehicles daily during peak summer operations.
