Anti-immigrant protesters clash with UK police over new boat arrivals (VIDEOS)

Hundreds of right-wing activists rushed to Portsmouth after a boat with 140 asylum seekers arrived in the city Right-wing protesters have clashed with police in the British city of Portsmouth as they tried to prevent a group of newly arrived migrants from being processed, videos from the scene show.A small boat which departed Normandy in France with some 140 asylum seekers aboard was intercepted by the UK authorities in the English Channel and escorted to Portsmouth, British media reported on Sunday.The news prompted hundreds of anti-immigrant activists to head to the city in Hampshire in south-eastern England. The demonstrators blocked roads in the area in an attempt to prevent buses from delivering the migrants to a Home Office processing center in the village of Manston in Kent.The protesters, many of whom were dressed in black and wore face masks, chanted: “Stop the boats” and “Send them back.”Footage from the scene captured minor scuffles between the activists and police armed with riot shields. The demonstrators were also filmed throwing objects at the officers.Daniel Thomas, also known as Danny Tommo, who recently founded the Patriot Platform group, said in a live stream fro...