Did British expats in Benidorm, Spain just protest migration to the UK?

A new video shows what appears to be British expats in Benidorm, Spain protesting against… migration to the UK:

They’ve not integrated, they can’t speak the language, and they’re shutting down streets.

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) November 14, 2025

So what’s going on here then?

Benidorm protest — Stop (some) of the boats

Many have commented on the scenes, including the following individuals:

British migrants in Spain protest in Benidorm waving UK and England flags. They also strangely dress like Hamas.

Why are foreign nationals in Spain disrespecting Spanish citizens?

Should Spain consider mass deportation? pic.twitter.com/1weQLDDu8T

— Zara Hussain (@zarahussain999) November 14, 2025

Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony. pic.twitter.com/qNGTD3bWtA

— Parody Nigel Farage (@Parody_PM) November 14, 2025

Looking into it, those marching seem to have been taking part in Benidorm’s Fancy Dress festival:

#benidorm British fancy dress party 30k people absolutely madness #fancydress pic.twitter.com/e1A2GfFAba

— Rob perks (@Robperks3000) November 13, 2025

Some of those who know what’s going on have made comments like the following:

Its the Benidorm fiesta festival. It takes place every year and people do fancy dress.
They are tourists not immigrants. You should do this thing called “research” . pic.twitter.com/ZS4dNqEKiR

— Jim (@victor__matland) November 14, 2025

Is this irony? Satirical account fails to see satire

Brits in Benidorm engaging in satirical “protest” during the city’s Fancy Dress Party on November 13, 2025. The costumes and props are typical of the event’s humorous and provocative theme. https://t.co/GOUuOXAvSR https://t.co/VOa41xHhJZ

— Seakay (@Sea1kay) November 14, 2025

Diving deeper, we found this from the Olive Press, which describes itself as “Spain’s leading expat newspaper” (emphasis added):

OVER 30,000 people- mainly British expats and tourists– lined Benidorm’s streets on Thursday for the annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’.

The event organised by hospitality associations in the Rincon de Loix ‘English Zone’ of the city and backed by the local council, has been going strong for over 30 years.

We couldn’t find any mention of the festival having a theme besides ‘fancy dress’, but there are many pictures from the event in this Daily Mail article. As you can see, people seem to have dressed in whatever outfit they fancied.

Benidorm Fancy Dress parade 2025. Yeah…it was a little bit crazy 😆 pic.twitter.com/k7duXHn4Fl

— David Coull (@DavidCoull13) November 15, 2025

So we can say a couple of things:

• They definitely could have been expats.
• If they weren’t expats, they were British tourists who decided the ideal venue for their anti-foreigner protest was a foreign country.

Here doll, I’v booked us a two week holiday in Benidorm, grab the weans, the balaclavas & the stop the boats merchandise. https://t.co/995qXNVO5C

— Wull See (@thEnd0fTheStorm) November 15, 2025

Some are actually saying it wasn’t a protest because it happened at a festival. We’ll be honest, we think that’s like saying Just Stop Oil’s Van Gogh protest was a work of art because it happened in a gallery:

🚨 BREAKING: 2 VAN GOGH PAINTINGS SOUPED HOURS AFTER PHOEBE AND ANNA SENTENCED

🥫 3 Just Stop Oil supporters have thrown soup over 2 of Van Gogh paintings in the ‘Poets and Lovers’ exhibition at the National Gallery.

➡️ Support people in resistance: https://t.co/Rh65arOwa1 pic.twitter.com/Tc3Bvd10OB

— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) September 27, 2024

So all in all, the Benidorm protest wasn’t quite as clean-cut as people thought. At the same time, it was still a mob of pissed-up shit houses doing British nationalism on Spanish soil.

Featured image via Raise the Colours