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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

RNLI reports ‘significant’ donations boost after being targeted by far right over small boats

Three police officers with a few people in front of building with RNLI logo
Police officers outside the Royal National Lifeboat Institute building in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday amid a far-right protest. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has had a “significant” boost in donations since becoming a target of far-right agitators protesting over small boat crossings.

The charity’s staff and volunteers have been subjected to “online and physical abuse” after involvement in a rescue on Sunday in which a dinghy carrying asylum seekers was brought into Portsmouth.

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