# Home Office agrees support for Hampshire force’s £803,000 protest policing costs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/government-to-pay-police-force-up-to-800000-after-small-boat-migrant-landings-in-town-sparked-protests/
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:28:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:54:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16229491/Government-pay-police-force-800-000-small-boat-migrant-landings-town-sparked-protests.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- The Home Office agreed to help cover policing costs.
- The force reported £803,343 in extra spending.
- Portsmouth and Gosport saw protests after small boat arrivals.

## Summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary says it spent more than £800,000 responding to small boat arrivals in Portsmouth and Gosport and the protests they prompted. The Home Office has agreed to a funding package to support the policing response, though the final reimbursement could still be reviewed and negotiated.

The force’s additional costs were reported as £803,343 over four weeks, as officers managed demonstrations in which some were assaulted and 18 people were arrested. Three Channel crossings took place in six weeks, with migrants brought ashore in Hampshire twice; 149 people arrived in Gosport on 4 October. The Home Office says arrivals are taken to Manston in Kent for checks, while the former Haslar detention centre is being prepared to reopen with proposed capacity for 600 people.

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