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Anti-migrant protesters slash dinghy after false Gosport landing claim
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- Daniel Thomas, an anti-migrant activist, led masked followers to slash a Channel inflatable dinghy.
- Hundreds gathered in Gosport after social-media posts claimed migrants would be landed there.
- Children shouted “let them drown” into a megaphone during the protest.
- Two Salisbury residents, aged 19 and 36, were arrested for aggravated trespass.
- Home Office sources said no Gosport landing plan existed.