Five men and one woman are detained in the port's departure area, as a number of addresses are searched in Birmingham.
Six people are in police custody after being arrested in Dover on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences.
The five men and one woman were detained around 8am on Friday in the port's departure area.
West Midlands Police are searching a number of addresses in Birmingham and say it is part of an ongoing investigation.
Police said four of the men arrested are from Birmingham and in their 20s.
A 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman of no fixed address were also held.
They are being questioned at a police station in the West Midlands area.
The force tweeted: "The suspects, who are not a family group and were not accompanied by children, did not pose any immediate risk to public safety."
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