Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistan cricket team for migrants
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Neutral summary
Around 40–50 protesters, some masked, gathered outside the Marriott Hotel in Portsmouth on the evening of September 9 after wrongly believing migrants were being housed there — the hotel was actually hosting Pakistan's Under-19 cricket team. The demonstration followed online reports of a coach carrying young Asian men arriving at the hotel, and a local Reform UK councillor even demanded “proof” that the group were cricketers. The incident came about 48 hours after protesters disrupted the disembarkation of migrants near the port city and clashed with police. The protesters dispersed after a councillor clarified the misunderstanding, and the England and Wales Cricket Board is reviewing security for the visiting team.
How it was framed
Outlets: 11. Countries: 4. Facts in the shared core: 4.
Publication timeline
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The New European (outlet profile)
Mob marches on Pakistani cricket team – assuming them to be migrants. The leader of the Reform group on the local council even demanded "proof" that the group were cricketers
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Bungling anti-immigration protestors left red-faced after demonstrating outside hotel where Pakistani cricket team were staying. Bungling demonstrators gathered outside the four-star Marriott hotel in Portsmouth wrongly…
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Fact check: Fake Portsmouth protest images and asylum hotels pledge
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Blundering Portsmouth protesters mistake Pakistani cricket team for migrants
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Bungling anti-immigrant protesters confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants in Portsmouth hotel. Drones were seen circling the hotel after protestors mistook the sports team for asylum seekers
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The Mirror (outlet profile)
Protesters swarm Portsmouth hotel after 'mistaking Pakistan cricket team for migrants'. Around 40 to 50 protesters swarmed the Marriott Hotel in Portsmouth on Tuesday evening in an apparent case of mistaken identity
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Ouest-France (outlet profile)
Angleterre. Ils manifestent contre l’immigration devant un hôtel mais prennent des joueurs de cricket pour des migrants. Une quarantaine de personnes, pour certaines masquées, se sont rassemblées devant l’hôtel Marriott…
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La Dépêche (outlet profile)
Des dizaines de manifestants protestent contre l'hébergement de migrants dans un hôtel : il s'agissait en réalité de l'équipe pakistanaise de cricket. Une cinquantaine de manifestants se sont rassemblés devant l'hôtel M…
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Daily Express (outlet profile)
Portsmouth protesters thought migrants were inside hotel – it was Pakistan cricket team. Crowds gathered outside a four-star hotel in the port city after mistaking the cricket team for illegal migrants, according to rep…
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Times of India (outlet profile)
Masked protesters mistake Pak U-19 cricket team for asylum seekers in Portsmouth. Masked protesters wrongly gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel expecting asylum seekers. They later learned the hotel housed Pakistan's Un…
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franceinfo (outlet profile)
En Angleterre, des manifestants anti-immigration prennent par erreur des joueurs de cricket pakistanais pour des migrants. Une quarantaine de personnes, pour certaines masquées, se sont rassemblées mardi à Portsmouth de…
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Dawn (outlet profile)
Anti-migrant protesters mistakenly target Pakistan U-19 team hotel in UK. LONDON: Anti-immigration demonstrators in southern England massed outside a hotel where Pakistan’s U-19 cricket squad were staying after mistakin…
Factual core
- The protesters mistook the Pakistan cricket team for migrants.
- Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Marriott hotel in Portsmouth, England.
- The protesters believed they were demonstrating against the housing of migrants in the hotel.
- The incident occurred in Portsmouth, a city in southern England.