A demonstration against illegal boat migrants in the United Kingdom brought a port city to a temporary halt.
Police were called on Saturday to the Port of Dover after hundreds of masked Britons blocked roads and brought traffic to a standstill.
The protesters chanted, ‘I’m England till I die!’
Video from the demonstration shows mostly male protesters shouting, “Stop the boats!” and “Whose streets? Our streets!”
Commuters, port workers, and tourists reported long delays over the demonstration.
The Port of Dover is frequently a site of anti-immigration protests as it is where migrants are often brought to the U.K. when they are picked up in small boats in the English Channel.
No arrests were made in Dover.
About 200,000 illegal migrants have crossed the English Channel in small inflatable boats from France
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