
在英格兰南部城镇戈斯波特的一次反移民抗议演变成暴力冲突后,警方逮捕了12人,警方称有警官在冲突中遭到袭击。
Twelve people were arrested after an anti-migrant protest in the southern English town of Gosport turned violent, with police saying officers were assaulted during clashes.
汉普郡警方周一表示,11名男子和1名女子因涉嫌袭击警官、斗殴和种族加重公共秩序罪行等罪名被捕。
Eleven men and one woman were arrested on suspicion of offences, including assaulting police officers, affray and racially aggravated public order offences, Hampshire Police said on Monday.
据内政部称,逮捕行动是在周日汉普郡戈斯波特一处游艇港的抗议活动后发生的,此前皇家国家救生协会(RNLI)联同一艘法国船只在英吉利海峡中部的一次救援行动中救起了149名移民。对峙期间,有人燃放信号弹,抗议者与警方发生了多次推搡冲突。警方在哈斯拉路设置了警戒线。
The arrests followed a protest Sunday at a marina in Gosport, Hampshire, after 149 migrants were picked up in a mid-Channel rescue operation by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) alongside a French vessel, according to the Home Office. Some flares were set off and several scuffles between protesters and police took place during the stand-off. A police cordon was put in place on Haslar Road.
不过,据BBC报道,一些抗议者站在警车前阻止其前进,高呼“可耻”和“全部遣返”等口号。
However, some protesters stood in front of police vans to prevent them from advancing, chanting "shame on you" and "deport the lot," according to a report by BBC.
汉普郡警方表示,其部署警力是为了“支持我们的合作伙伴应对海上紧急情况”,相关合作伙伴包括海事和海岸警卫局、皇家国家救生协会和边境安全指挥部。警方根据《公共秩序法》施加了条件,并禁止佩戴面部遮盖物。
Hampshire Police said it deployed officers to "support our partners in the event of an emergency at sea" including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the RNLI and Border Security Command. The force imposed conditions under the Public Order Act and prohibited the wearing of face coverings.
警方称,少数警官在现场接受了伤情治疗,但参加抗议活动的人员无人重伤。
A small number of police officers were treated at the scene for injuries, although no one attending the protest was seriously injured, police said.
助理首席警长西蒙·多兹表示:“暴力和刑事破坏不属于和平抗议的一部分。”
Assistant Chief Constable Simon Dodds said: "Violence and criminal damage have no part in peaceful protest."
他补充道:“我们在这一问题上的立场一直很明确,我们将彻底调查并对任何责任人采取强有力行动。”这些移民随后被乘大巴送往肯特郡的一个处理中心。
"Our position on this has been clear that we will investigate thoroughly and take robust action against anyone responsible," he added. The migrants were later taken by coach to a processing center in Kent.
这起事件标志着近年来英格兰南海岸这段西部海域已知的第二次大规模移民登陆。
The incident marked the second known landing of large numbers of migrants this far west along England's south coast in recent years.