Thousands have descended on Dover to "stop the boats" as activists declare "enough's enough" over the migrant crisis.
The event, called "Stop the boats now! 10,000+ bikers and friends illegal migrant protest ride to Dover" on Facebook, encouraged other activists to play their part as hundreds arrive in the coastal town.
Attending the protest on Sunday, Reform's Dover & Deal chairman told GB News that illegal migration in the UK was "way beyond" a point of return.
"There's a point with illegal migration in the country where we say enough's enough, and we are way beyond that," Paul King told GB News. "This is what today is about."
Brandishing Union Jacks, groups marching through the town could be heard chanting "no one likes a leftie".
More than a thousand demonstrators took to the streets of Dover this Sunday
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Anti-immigration protesters have flocked Dover to 'stop the boats' as activists declare that 'enough's enough'
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More than 500 motorbikes have been spotted around the port town
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'It’s not racist. It’s not right-wing. So please don’t try and make out it is,' the event's organisers wrote online
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Organising the protest online, the Kent Motor Heads Events wrote: "Nothing is and never will be done to stop the mass invasion of our tiny island.
"As bikers, we are known to do what we say we are going to do and will line the roads and the whole area of Dover in a mass protest to show how p****d off everyone is with this now."
“It’s not racist. It’s not right-wing. So please don’t try and make out it is."
The group added that they intended the event to be a "peaceful protest" and said that "there won't be any trouble or anti-social behaviour" from demonstrators.
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Groups could be heard shouting: 'No one likes a leftie'
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Police deployed extra resources to the area ahead of the event in case of a potential clash between the two sides
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Attendees were encouraged to "ignore" anyone who attempted to "wind them up" as pro-immigration groups are expected to launch a counter-protest.
Echoing a similar sentiment, King told the People's Channel said: "I'm aware that there is a pro migrant anti protest happening. And the last thing I want is any disturbance."
"There's a great feeling of disenfranchisement of the general populace that they do the right thing, pay their taxes, and then don't get anything.
"Everything gets given to those who come in here illegally. It’s illegal. And it’s as simple as that."
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The event's organisers said it would be a 'peaceful' protest
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He added: "I'm here as an individual, but I'm also here in my role as an apolitical person. It's a non-political protest. I’m not enforcing my views on anyone, but I know a number of our [party] members are coming because they feel so passionate about it."
The event's organisers have also emphasised that it would be a peaceful protest of "like-minded normal folk who have had enough".
King told GB News that he had noted an increased police presence as he arrived ahead of the event this afternoon.
Local officers have been alerted to increased tensions in the area as demonstrators from both sides of the debate assemble their forces.
Groups laden with flags took to the streets this afternoon in a bid to 'stop the boats'
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King told GB News that he had noted an increased police presence as he arrived ahead of the event this afternoon
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Crowds have flocked to Dover just over a week since GB News exclusively revealed that hundreds of illegal migrants reached Britain's shores on Good Friday, sending a record week's number of arrivals even higher.
Just before 9pm, the Border Force vessel Ranger arrived in Dover with 113 migrants on board - in addition to the 138 who made the perilous journey across the Channel to the UK earlier in the day.
As a result, it brought the total number of illegal crossings from France to 9,350 in the year so far.
