# UK minister condemns anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth

https://mins.news/en/item/48001

- Reuters, 2026-09-07 07:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-minister-condemns-anti-migrant-protests-portsmouth-2026-09-07/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9e647cffd9d30001d8d37b

> British minister Emma Reynolds condemned hundreds of protesters who blocked streets in Portsmouth late on Sunday in an attempt to prevent migrants from France from arriving. She described the demonstrators as “thuggish.”

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