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Hundreds shut down Dover in migrant solidarity

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.

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