Charities have expressed concerns regarding the heightened threat to asylum seekers due to far-right protesters. In response to intelligence reports, small boat arrivals were rerouted from Dover to Ramsgate to avoid clashes. This decision followed the recent Great British National Protest in Dover, during which a white supremacist flag was observed. The growing tensions between asylum seekers and anti-migration activists have been evident, especially around hotels housing asylum seekers. The situation reflects a long-standing target of far-right groups against asylum accommodations.
Charities have warned of the increasing danger to asylum seekers posed by far-right protesters after small boat arrivals were moved from their usual landing place in Dover to Ramsgate.
Home Office officials received intelligence that some of those participating in the Great British National Protest in Dover could have been planning to target Kent Intake Unit.
The Home Office decision to divert small boat arrivals to avoid clashes with the far right comes as tensions mount between asylum seekers and anti-migration protesters at hotels.
Asylum hotels have long been a target for the far right, and more than 1,000 protesters recently gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping.
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