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Dover

Dover

town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England

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  • 3d ago

    Masked demonstrators block Dover port entrance in anti-migration protest

    Hundreds of balaclava-clad demonstrators obstructed traffic into Britain's busiest ferry port for several hours on Saturday before Kent Police cleared the carriageway without making arrests.

  • Aug 10

    Record 230 migrants cross English Channel on single boat as smugglers shift to mega-dinghies

    A 15-meter inflatable dinghy carrying 230 people reached Dover from France on Monday, setting a record for the most passengers on a single Channel crossing as smugglers adopt larger vessels to evade beach patrols.

  • Jun 21

    Woman found dead in Channel boat after illegal crossing; Syrian man arrested for manslaughter

    A woman was found dead in an inflatable boat arriving in Dover on Saturday after an illegal crossing from France. A 32-year-old Syrian man has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

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