# U.K. government slams ‘thuggish’ anti-migrant protesters after port blockade

https://mins.news/en/item/48532

- CBC News, 2026-09-07 14:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-migrant-crossing-protests-9.7334741?cmp=rss

> The British government condemned what it called the “intimidating and thuggish behaviour” of anti-immigrant demonstrators who gathered at a southern English port and blocked migrants brought ashore after crossing the English Channel.

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