Small immigration protest sparks response from five police forces

Officers from five different forces were brought in to police an anti-immigration protest that fizzled out within three hours. Anti-immigration protesters congregated at 11am outside Bournemouth town hall on Sunday but were met with activists from Stand Up to Racism on the other side of the road in Central Gardens with drums and loudspeakers. But the stand-off faded into lone echoes of “stop the boats” from the crowd of anti-immigration protesters, who were drastically outnumbered by counter-protesters. #immigration #protest #bournemouth Read more: