Sussex Police detained two men and a woman after a vehicle was obstructed and attacked during protests outside a former army barracks in Crowborough, South East England.
The British activists are accused of “searching for and destroying small boats,” the small makeshift vessels used by migrants to reach England from the French coast.
Smugglers on the French coast are exploiting a brief break in bad weather, helping to push this year’s UK total for known migrant arrivals past 40,000.
Reform UK leader criticised the government after Channel crossings surpassed last year’s total, warning the problem will worsen and the public will grow angrier.
