Bikers are slowly amassing at the Townwall Street car park.
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00:00There are a large number of bikers massing in the centre of Dover this morning.
00:05That's because there's a protest happening at 1pm today called Stop the Boats.
00:10We've seen hundreds of them coming down the motorway today.
00:13Just look at these pictures here.
00:15And according to their Facebook group, there could be as many as a thousand.
00:20They're calling the Channel migrants coming to the Kent coast an invasion of England.
00:25Now, they say they're not right-wing and they say it's going to be a peaceful protest.
00:30But that being said, there is a police presence in the town centre this morning.
00:34We've even seen a riot van or two.
00:37Then they will be met by anti-protesters from campaign groups such as Stand Up to Racism.
00:44And they'll be meeting in Market Square of the town centre.
00:48We have also spoken to Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for the local area.
00:53He says he hopes it all stays peaceful today.