Far-right protester accused of damaging dinghy during asylum-seeker demonstration
Footage showing far-right activist Daniel Thomas cutting an inflatable dinghy with a blade while a rescue worker was aboard has been condemned by charities. Protesters had gathered in Gosport to oppose the arrival of asylum seekers, but Border Force vessels took them instead to Dover, according to the supplied report.
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas used a blade to slash an inflatable dinghy in the Channel while a rescue worker was onboard, according to footage described in the supplied report. Charities condemned the incident, which was presented as a further escalation in organised anti-immigration protest. The report does not identify the charities or provide details of any police investigation or charges.
Thomas had called on followers to disrupt the arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, Hampshire. Hundreds of protesters gathered there in the early evening, intending to interfere with a planned disembarkation. The asylum seekers did not disembark at Gosport.
Instead, Border Force vessels transported them to Dover, according to the report. The account identifies the damaged vessel as an inflatable dinghy and says a rescue worker was aboard when Thomas used the blade. It does not provide further information about injuries, damage, arrests or the circumstances surrounding the worker’s presence.
The demonstration was described as part of organised opposition to immigration. Beyond the condemnation reported by charities, no further reaction or official account is included in the supplied material.
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