Another summer holiday, and another delay at Dover. This story is almost too familiar now, isn’t it? The Port…
… and Dunkirk faced delays of 12 hours or more as the first big post-Covid getaway came into conflict with…
“Port of Dover chief executive Doug Bannister has blamed Brexit for ‘increased transaction times’ at the ferry terminal.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11041427/Families-wait-THIRTY-HOURS-ferry-Dover-chaos-French-blame-Brexit.html
“Bosses are urging car passengers embarking on summer getaways to arrive up to, but not more than, three hours before…
“Post-Brexit passport checks making delays worse.” https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/dover-port-traffic-live-updates-30518684
“Monitoring authority calls out delays in issuing interim papers to residency applicants.” https://www.ft.com/content/3818b33f-7598-4059-8027-a3f4007544ad
“We have one of the longest grid queues in Europe.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65500339
“I hope someone tells the children that the delays at French immigration are a consequence of Brexit.” https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23439811.letter-european-travel-plain-sailing-brexit/
“Queues returned to Dover this morning, with passengers warned of 90-minute delays as the Easter getaway began.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dover-port-delays-queues-ferry-2ghb2ll86
“Why won’t the Tories and Labour admit it’s become harder to travel to Europe?” https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2023/04/brexit-blame-dover-delays