Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action

Police outside the RNLI Portsmouth lifeboat station at Eastney in Hampshire. Photograph: Simon Czapp/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News Police outside the RNLI Portsmouth lifeboat station at Eastney in Hampshire. Photograph: Simon Czapp/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News Protests from prison RNLI Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel

Prefer the Guardian on Google A lifeboat station on the south coast of England near the spot where far-right activists tried to stop asylum seekers landing has been forced to temporarily close, it has emerged.

The station in Portsmouth shut after it and other sites run by the RNLI were targeted by people objecting to the lifeboat charity going to the aid of people trying to get to the UK on small boats.