Anti-migrant rally and counter-protesters face off in Portsmouth

Several hundred anti-immigration protesters faced off with counter-protesters in the centre of Portsmouth on Saturday, as the southern English port city found itself at the heart of Britain’s increasingly acrimonious immigration debate.
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Under a heavy police presence, approximately 400 protesters marched into the centre of town for a second weekend, chanting slogans hostile to migrants. A similar number of people belonging to anti-racism groups joined them on the opposite side of the city’s Guildhall Square

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