Man charged over Gosport migrant protest
A man has been charged after a protest over migrant arrivals in a Hampshire town.
Flares were set off and there were scuffles with police during a stand-off involving about 150 anti-migrant demonstrators.
Police made 12 arrests following the protest on Haslar Road, 11 men aged between 22 and 59, and a 57-year-old woman.
The remaining 10 men and one woman have been bailed pending further inquiries.
Some demonstrators stopped police vans from advancing by standing in front of them and chanting "shame on you" and "deport the lot".
The Home Office said 149 migrants had been picked up in a mid-Channel rescue operation
A 59-year-old man from Gosport on suspicion of racially aggravated public order
A 39-year-old man from Emsworth on suspicion of offences including criminal damage, attempted criminal damage and possession of a pyrotechnic article at a protest
A 29-year-old man of no fixed address on suspicion of obstruction of a highway after ambulances were prevented from travelling along Clayhall Road
A 42-year-old man from Fareham on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place
A 22-year-old man from Gosport on suspicion of affray and racially aggravated public order
A 56-year-old man from Gosport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer
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- A man has been charged after a protest over migrant arrivals in a Hampshire town.
- Flares were set off and there were scuffles with police during a stand-off involving about 150 anti-migrant demonstrators.
- Police made 12 arrests following the protest on Haslar Road, 11 men aged between 22 and 59, and a 57-year-old woman.
- The remaining 10 men and one woman have been bailed pending further inquiries.
- Some demonstrators stopped police vans from advancing by standing in front of them and chanting "shame on you" and "deport the lot".