The UK’s Port of Dover has criticised the French authorities for “woefully inadequate” staffing for border control, which has left thousands of holidaymakers stuck in six-hour queues at the border.
The port authorities said they had made meticulous preparations for post-Brexit border checks, and blamed their French counterparts for allocating “insufficient” resources to deal with the expected surge in traveller numbers.
It is one of the busiest periods for foreign travel from the UK as most schools in England and Wales break up for summer this week. But the port has declared a “critical incident” and urged tourists to consider staying away….