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Summer getaway halted by ‘woefully inadequate’ French border staffing at Dover

France has been accused by the Port of Dover of “woefully inadequate” border control staffing which is ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families. Holidaymakers booked on sailings from the Kent port reported being stuck in five-hour queues ...

22 Jul 2022 at 10:09

Travellers say Dover delays ‘worst experienced’ as lorry drivers queue overnight

Travellers have said waits at Dover are the worst they have experienced, with one lorry driver waiting more than 15 hours amid problems with border control staffing at the port. A “critical incident” has been declared by the Kent port, with ...

22 Jul 2022 at 13:00

Holidaymakers face waits at Channel with Brexit and French authorities blamed

Holidaymakers are still facing long waits to cross the Channel, while lorries remain backed up after a second day of travel chaos. Extra post-Brexit border checks and French authorities’ understaffing of checkpoints in Dover have been ...

23 Jul 2022 at 21:16

Summer getaway queues ease amid concerns weekend travel chaos could be repeated

Holidaymakers have been warned they could face a summer with repeated weekend travel disruption after lengthy queues in Kent were finally reduced on Sunday following days of gridlocked roads. Chaotic scenes of bumper-to-bumper ...

24 Jul 2022 at 20:30

Kent authorities demand more Government money to handle Dover traffic chaos

Kent local authorities have called for more Government money to better manage disruption on the roads caused by delays at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel. Thousands of people had their cross-Channel journeys disrupted last ...

29 Jul 2022 at 13:18

Coach passengers finally get in to Port of Dover after huge delays

Coach passengers who have been stuck in queues of up to eight hours in Dover have finally made it in to the port. Traffic delays began on Friday and passengers hoping to get away for their Easter break on Sunday night will ...

02 Apr 2023 at 19:31

Holidaymakers face 90-minute waits at Port of Dover with longer queues expected

Holidaymakers are facing up to 90-minute waits at the Port of Dover, with larger queues expected in the early afternoon. As the Easter getaway weekend kicked off on Good Friday morning, large numbers of cars were arriving ...

07 Apr 2023 at 09:47

Delays return to Port of Dover at start of Easter getaway

Ferry passengers have faced long delays at the Port of Dover days after thousands of holidaymakers were stuck there for several hours. There were queues of “approximately 90 minutes” for passport checks by French ...

06 Apr 2023 at 16:00

‘Busiest travel day’ to be hit by strikes and delays, holidaymakers warned

The “busiest travel day of the weekend” is likely to be hit by train strikes and delays, it has been warned. Saturday is expected to be the day most people travel abroad, according to travel association Abta, ...

22 Jul 2023 at 09:44

Ferry queues and rail strikes hit start of summer holidays

Ferry queues and rail strikes hit start of UK summer holidays

Queues of traffic and rail strikes have hit travellers as they embark on trips after many schools across England broke up for the summer holidays. The Port of Dover said it was taking about 40 minutes for ...

22 Jul 2023 at 18:50

Brexit not to blame for Port of Dover delays, insists Braverman

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has rejected suggestions that Brexit could be the cause of delays at the Port of Dover as passengers on the Easter getaway faced long queues. Extra sailings were run ...

02 Apr 2023 at 15:36

Staff concerns over safety of immigration holding facility in Kent

Channel migrants are being held for up to a week in a new processing centre which is “struggling” to cope with the influx of people, a union which represents Border Force officers warned. The POA ...

06 Oct 2022 at 19:45

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