Police slow to respond as masked men block roads to UK’s Dover port in anti-immigration protest: Report

​Masked protesters disrupt traffic at Britain's busiest ferry port in Dover, UK Hundreds of masked men blocked roads leading to the Port of Dover on Saturday, chanting “stop the boats” and bringing traffic to a standstill for hours in an anti-immigration protest.According to the BBC, Dover District Council leader Kevin Mills criticised the police response, saying officers appeared to be slow to keep roads and access routes open.He described the demonstration as “exceptionally well organised” and said protesters had “caught several agencies on the hoof”.“The protesters knew what they were doing, I’m not sure the police did know what was going to happen,” Mills was quoted as saying by the BBC, while acknowledging that police resources were stretched.The protest began around 7am and lasted until about 11.30am, with masked demonstrators dressed largely in black blocking key roads and linking arms across routes leading to the port. Their chants included “stop the boats”, referring to migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.The Port of Dover said traffic entering and leaving the port had been stopped because of an ongoing “public order incident”. National Highways said the b...