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Protesters block an entrance to the port during a demonstration against the sacking of P&O Ferries seafarers at the Port of Dover in Dover, U.K., on March 18. — Protesters block an entrance to the port during a demonstration against the sacking of P&O Ferries seafarers at the Port of Dover in Dover, U.K., on March 18.
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By Adam Blenford, Emily Ashton and Siddharth Philip

March 18, 2022 at 2:07 PM UTC

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March 19, 2022 at 12:13 PM UTC

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Two senior U.K. cabinet ministers demanded urgent answers from P&O Ferries over its abrupt firing of 800 workers, raising the prospect of legal action against the company.