Anti-immigration protesters have brought traffic to a standstill in Dover as part of a protest in opposition to migrant crossings.
Lorries are unable to reach the key terminal and instead have been forced to line up along the A20 with a heavy police presence is on the scene.
Police overseeing the protests in Dover have detained a man following a pursuit.
Officers followed the man past a fun fair before confronting him in a corner shop in the town.
Around a dozen officers helped bring the man out of the store and into the back of a police van
About 50 people, many carrying England flags, have been loudly demonstrating as they walk along the dual carriageway towards the town.
A large police presence is on the scene in Dover (Andrew Matthews/PA)
There have been chants of “English streets” from the small group of mostly men.
A large police presence is stationed around the Kent town to oversee the demonstrations, given levels of disorder in the past.
A protest last September saw anti-migrant protesters bring traffic at the busy port to a standstill amid clashes with riot officers.
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The demonstrations in 2020 – carried out amid the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic – saw 10 people arrested.
The latest protest comes as people continue to make the dangerous journey across the English Channel in small boats.
Earlier on Saturday, a group of people thought to be migrants was brought to shore in Dover by the Border Force (Andrew Matthews/PA)
The number of people crossing the 21-mile stretch of water has almost doubled so far in 2021, with more than 3,100 reaching the English coast.
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