# UK government condemns 'thuggish' anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth

https://mins.news/en/item/48061

- DW, 2026-09-07 08:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/uk-government-condemns-thuggish-anti-migrant-protests-in-portsmouth/a-79134048?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds condemned what she called “thuggish and intimidating” anti-migrant protests that blocked roads in Portsmouth. Hundreds demonstrated after about 140 migrants arrived by boat from France, while a separate masked protest at Dover had disrupted traffic and temporarily halted ferry movements between Britain and France.

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