HUNDREDS of people closed down Dover’s ferry port this weekend in a solidarity protest with refugees hoping to enter Britain from France.

Unrelenting rain did not dampen campaigners’ spirits as they walked from Dover city centre to the harbour chanting: “No human is illegal” and “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here.”

Across the Channel, some of those in the 2,500-strong refugee camp in Calais also demonstrated.

London2Calais organiser Syed Bokhari told the Star the protests aimed to push British authorities to open the border.

“We want a world in which there is freedom of movement for everybody including refugees and all migrants, not just those with the right passports,” he said.

Saturday’s protest in Dover followed a die-in at London’s St Pancras international train station late on Friday, where around 500 people blocked Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels.

Activists caused chaos at the station, with four protesters sitting on the floor covered in red paint as others shouted: “Your borders kill.”

One of the protesters was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer.

A Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants spokesperson said: “We were proud to attend and deliver the message that refugees and migrants of all kinds are welcomed by the queer community and that we will not allow the right-wing press to pit us against them.”

Protesters would be back in Dover in January to counter a far-right demonstration to “secure our borders,” the group added.