‘You don’t see many locals at anti-migrant protests’: Kent residents work for community cohesion

Rob Yates in Margate: ‘Communities have to step up because there is no council involvement.’ Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Images of Dover and the beaches along the Kent coastline have come to symbolise small boat crossings in the UK, often attracting anti-migrant protests as a result.

“Everyone’s like, ‘Oh look at Dover, everyone’s coming here’ – they’re really not,” said Charlie Zosseder, the director of the charity Samphire, which works to improve community cohesion between migrants and local people in the town.