Police Issue Lockdown Order for Entire English Town to Allow Illegal Migrant Boat to Land
by Kurt Zindulka
An entire coastal town on the south coast of England was effectively locked down on Sunday evening by police to ensure the safe landing of an illegal migrant boat from France.
The Hampshire Constabulary took the unprecedented action of issuing a dispersal order for the whole town of Gosport on Sunday in a bid to prevent local protesters from blocking the arrival of a migrant boat carrying 120 illegals into their town, the Portsmouth Evening News reported.
The police force invoked Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 across the entire area of Gosport, meaning officers could order residents to disperse from anywhere in the town on penalty of arrest. However, they created a special protest zone in the local Walpole car park. The dispersal order will remain in place until 4 pm local time on Monday.
Hampshire Constabulary also issued orders barring protesters from wearing masks or other face coverings, under Section 158 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and Section 60AA of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
The draconian measures taken by the police came as locals were attempting to once again put pressure on border authorities to bring the migrant boat ashore elsewhere, as they successfully did two weeks ago, when a dinghy carrying around 50 illegals from Normandy was rerouted to Dover after a protest broke out in their planned destination of Gosport.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO of boats arriving. I can not believe the British Government have allowed a boat of illegal migrants to dock in the Home of the Royal Navy here in Portsmouth Harbour, Gosport.
This makes me feel physically sick. They wonder why local people are angry. This is why… pic.twitter.com/8uzRQk93dE
— Cllr George Madgwick (@georgedmadgwick) October 4, 2026