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Sean Morrison

Nigel Farage visited by police over 'breaching lockdown' by travelling to Dover to report on migrants

Nigel Farage travelled to Dover to report on migrants amid the coronavirus lockdown (Picture: Nigel Farage/Twitter)

Nigel Farage has been visited by police officers who advised him not to breach lockdown restrictions after he travelled to Dover to report on migrants.

The Brexit Party leader previously told how police were last week “bombarded” with complaints that he defied stay-at-home orders over a separate journey to the East Sussex coast.

And a complaint was reportedly made after Mr Farage travelled to Dover, to report on what he said was an "illegal migrant scandal", on Monday.

According to Mr Farage, officers on Monday night knocked on his door to advise him about the current guidelines that are in place across the UK amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Mr Farage wrote on Twitter: “Lockdown lunacy. Two police officers just knocked on my door to advise me on essential travel.

“They had received a complaint that I had been to Dover to report on the illegal migrant scandal taking place.

“What a total waste of time and money.”

It comes after Mr Farage, in a video for his YouTube channel, said: “East Sussex Police last week were bombarded by complaints that I’d broken the lockdown.”

In the video he explained that he had been carrying out “broadcasting” duties and described himself as a “key worker”.

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