ANTI-RACISM campaigners gathered in Portland today to welcome refugees with tea and biscuits as anti-refugee protesters were forced to abandon their march.

The No to the Barge march against refugees being housed at Bibby Stockholm had been planned as new arrivals were brought onto the vessel.

The group have claimed that women and children would be in physical danger from asylum-seekers, but Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) Dorset warned the far-right is whipping up hostility.