Downing Street has insisted the travel chaos in the English Channel is not the result of Brexit, blaming instead the shortage of French border control staff for causing long queues and delays.
The disruptions started at the Port of Dover on July 22, when thousands of holidaymakers were stuck in traffic jams and 6-hour queues. The situation improved in Dover on July 24, but congestion at the Eurotunnel terminal left more people stranded.
The Dover port authorities have blamed the French authorities for their “woefully inadequate” staffing for border control, but French officials have highlighted the extra border checks necessitated by Britain’s exit from the European Union….