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| Eight arrests in Dover as immigration protests take place | Eight arrests in Dover as immigration protests take place |
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| Eight people have been arrested in Dover amid concern an immigration protest and counter demonstration could turn violent. | Eight people have been arrested in Dover amid concern an immigration protest and counter demonstration could turn violent. |
| Kent Police has increased its presence in the town in an attempt to prevent a repeat of January's clashes. | Kent Police has increased its presence in the town in an attempt to prevent a repeat of January's clashes. |
| Officers are lining the streets where anti-immigration groups are following a planned route. | Officers are lining the streets where anti-immigration groups are following a planned route. |
| The eight people arrested had left a designated assembly area and blocked the route, police said. | |
| Kent Police said earlier: "We respect anyone's right to protest peacefully - we are impartial and are working with all involved to minimise disruption." | Kent Police said earlier: "We respect anyone's right to protest peacefully - we are impartial and are working with all involved to minimise disruption." |
| On Friday the force warned: "Those who choose to act in a violent, threatening or disorderly manner... will be held to account for their actions." | On Friday the force warned: "Those who choose to act in a violent, threatening or disorderly manner... will be held to account for their actions." |
| As the march set off, Conservative MP for Dover and Deal Charlie Elphicke said it was "appalling" the town was so disrupted. | As the march set off, Conservative MP for Dover and Deal Charlie Elphicke said it was "appalling" the town was so disrupted. |
| He added: "These people are not welcome, they don't come here with any good intent and the law should be changed so that they can be removed more forcibly." | He added: "These people are not welcome, they don't come here with any good intent and the law should be changed so that they can be removed more forcibly." |
| But he praised police action saying it had been "proportionate, appropriate and very effective in preventing disorder". | |
| 'Alternative vision' | 'Alternative vision' |
| In anticipation of the march the group Global Justice Now, working with "guerrilla" projectionists Feral X, lit up the cliffs with the words "Refugees welcome" on Friday evening. | In anticipation of the march the group Global Justice Now, working with "guerrilla" projectionists Feral X, lit up the cliffs with the words "Refugees welcome" on Friday evening. |
| The group said thousands of people across the UK were working to support refugees who had fled desperate circumstances to get to the country. | The group said thousands of people across the UK were working to support refugees who had fled desperate circumstances to get to the country. |