The Aporia
The Aporia
Press Association Reporters. (2026, October 3). Hundreds gather at anti-migrant protests in two port cities. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/dover-southampton-kent-hampshire-people-b1299414.html
Press Association Reporters. “Hundreds gather at anti-migrant protests in two port cities.” Evening Standard, 3 Oct. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/dover-southampton-kent-hampshire-people-b1299414.html.
Press Association Reporters. “Hundreds gather at anti-migrant protests in two port cities.” Evening Standard, October 3, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/dover-southampton-kent-hampshire-people-b1299414.html.
Dated when The Aporia collected the article, usually within hours of publication. Check the original for its exact date and byline.
Hundreds of anti-immigration protesters gathered in Southampton and Dover, two port cities on England's south coast. Police implemented a dispersal order in Southampton from 7pm on Friday until 7am on Sunday to manage the protests, which included chanting slogans like "Stop the boats" and "Deport the f** lot." Online posts advertising the protest in Dover carried the name English Defence League, while Kent Patriots (an affiliate of Patriot Platform) stated their members would not attend. In Southampton, demonstrators marched waving English and Union flags and briefly clashed with a bystander who called them "scum." A woman used a megaphone outside Southampton Crown Court to criticize authorities for protecting immigrants rather than British citizens. The protest in Southampton saw around 50 counter-demonstrators from Stand Up To Racism gather, underscoring the polarized reactions to these events.
