{"id":791482,"date":"2026-10-04T07:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791482\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:50:19","slug":"anti-migrant-protesters-gather-at-dover-amid-face-mask-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791482\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-migrant protesters gather at Dover amid face mask ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-immigration protesters have gathered in Dover amid police restrictions and warnings against the use of face coverings.<\/p>\n

Earlier, police vehicles lined the streets outside Dover Priory Station, which was the starting point of the march.<\/p>\n

Kent Police said these “robust” preparations were aimed at keeping disruption to a minimum, after a protest last month caused significant delays at the port<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the force said no arrests had been made on Saturday, and estimated that about 100 anti-migrant protesters had turned out.<\/p>\n

A counter-protest was also held at Pencester Gardens, attended by fewer than 100 people according to the force.<\/p>\n

Police had announced a face covering ban would be in force on Saturday from 08:00 to 21:00 BST and would apply to those taking part in the protest.<\/p>\n

The area of the ban covers parts of Dover, including Buckland, Whitfield, Guston, St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

People covering their faces for religious, health or work-related reasons are not affected.<\/p>\n

Kent Police wrote on social media: “We understand the impact of protests on the residents and businesses of Dover and will not stand for any disorder that may occur.”<\/p>\n

The force added that a “substantial” number of highly-trained officers were stationed in the town centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anti-immigration protesters have gathered in Dover amid police restrictions and warnings against the use of face coverings. Earlier,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-791482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}