极右翼人士在朴茨茅斯港口抗议难民船抵达

英国朴茨茅斯港口周日发生大规模极右翼抗议活动，数百名示威者聚集阻挠难民上岸。234一艘载有约120至140名寻求庇护者的小船到达该港口，14海岸警卫队出动直升机、飞机和救生艇进行应对。1被拦截人员随后被转运至肯特郡曼斯顿处理中心。1

抗议活动由极右翼活动人士丹尼尔·托马斯组织和领导。24大约200名示威者试图阻止运载移民的大巴离开港口，2数百名黑衣蒙面人士持续阻挠至凌晨3时才被警方驱散。3警方报告多辆警车和边界执法车辆遭到破坏，数名警官受伤，包括被推搡、投掷石块和砖块，以及被推下摩托车。235警方最终使用警棍和合成辣椒喷雾驱散示威者。5

英国政界人士对这一事件表示强烈谴责。内政部长莎拉·琼斯表示，部分抗议者表现出"恐吓性和恶棍般的行为"，并声称"任何形式的骚乱都不会被容忍，那些越过合法抗议界线进入违法活动的人将面临法律的全力制裁"。24唐宁街发表声明谴责这一行为为"流氓和恐吓性行为"。3工党领袖基尔·斯塔默表示党有"庄严的责任"阻止"毒药政治"蔓延到街道上。3

根据英国官方数据，今年英吉利海峡偷渡人数与2025年相比下降超过40%。4周日当天有8艘船渡过海峡，总共运送625名移民到英国。4

Hundreds of far-right demonstrators gathered at Portsmouth port on Sunday evening to block the arrival and processing of asylum seekers who had crossed the English Channel 14. The protest, organized by activist Daniel Thomas, a founder of the Patriotic Platform and ally of far-right figure Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, saw masked protesters attempt to prevent buses carrying migrants from leaving the port 34. Police deployed batons and pepper spray to disperse the crowd, which remained at the scene until approximately 3 a.m. 5.

The unrest centered on a vessel carrying asylum seekers that departed from Cherbourg, France around 1 a.m. on Sunday and reached Portsmouth ten hours later 3. According to initial reports, approximately 140 migrants were aboard the small boat, though police minister Sarah Jones later told Parliament the figure was around 120 4. On the same day, eight vessels carrying a total of 625 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK 4. The intercepted passengers were subsequently transported by bus to Manston processing center in Kent 1.

The confrontation escalated as about 200 protesters attempted to obstruct the migrant transports, with some throwing stones and bricks at officers and pushing police during the organized disruption 25. Multiple police vehicles, coast guard vehicles, and border enforcement vehicles were damaged, and several officers sustained minor injuries, including being knocked off motorcycles and struck with bricks 35. Government and political officials swiftly condemned the violence. Police minister Sarah Jones stated: "Any form of disorder will not be tolerated, and those who cross the line from lawful protest into criminal activity will face the full force of the law" 4. Downing Street branded the behavior "thuggish and intimidating," while Labour leader Keir Starmer said the party had a "solemn duty" to prevent "poisonous politics" from spilling onto the streets 3.

The incident marked the second such protest in two days and was notable as the first time a refugee boat of this scale was directed to Portsmouth 1. This follows a shift in migrant arrival routes away from Dover. The UK government reported that small boat arrivals this year have fallen more than 40 percent compared to the previous year, when over 40,000 people attempted the dangerous journey 34.