The RNLI has suspended services in a port city after its volunteers suffered physical and online abuse following anti-migrant protests.
Volunteers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been targeted by far-Right demonstrators for the charity’s rescue work bringing migrants ashore.
RNLI volunteers were branded as ‘traitors’ while some had their personal details published online.
As a result, Portsmouth Lifeboat Station has been forced to take down its Facebook page while RNLI volunteers have been advised to stop wearing its badge in public to avoid confrontations with anti-migrant protesters.
The station in Eastney, Portsmouth, has now not been in active use since September 10, it has
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