Travelers in the UK have been hit with flight cancellations at several airports this summer, luggage mess at Heathrow Airport and a heatwave that broke heat records and caused major problems with infrastructure in the country.
Now British tourists face another challenge.
On Saturday, there was a kilometer-long queue in the UK cities of Dover and Folkestone. An overabundance of Britons on vacation causes traffic to move very slowly, and frustrated travelers now have to endure hours in queues.
That’s what the news channel wrote Sky News.
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Using eleven hours
A family who spoke to Sky News said they had queued for three hours and had only one British “mile” left (1.6 kilometers). However, it is estimated that it will take another four hours to reach the end of the queue.
STRETCH YOUR LEGS: Travelers in Dover can make time for the trip out of the car. Photo: Gareth Fuller
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After a total of seven hours in the queue, they had to go through a security check.
Ferry company P&O Ferries has advised travelers to allow up to four hours only to undergo necessary checks, acknowledging that some may end up missing their scheduled departures. It will then earn a spot on the next available ferry, they wrote on Twitter.
This means that many people are now standing for seven hours in line and four hours in control. It ended in eleven hours waiting to catch the ferry.
A spokesperson for the Port of Dover said on Saturday that there was still a “long way to go” to clearing up the mess of queues that began on Friday.
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Blaming France
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss blamed French authorities for causing an “unacceptable” delay and urged them to bring in more staff to handle the request.
“We need action from France to build capacity at the border, to limit further disruption to British tourists and to ensure that this dire situation is avoided in the future,” he said.
queuing: People wait in long lines outside the British city of Dover. Photo: Gareth Fuller.
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French lawmaker for the port city of Calais, Pierre-Henri Dumont, claimed that the chaos was caused by increased passport control after Brexit and a lack of investment in the port of Dover, according to the newspaper.
– Bad holiday start
In an interview with Sky News, Conservative MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke described Friday’s queue as follows:
– It was a bad start to last summer’s vacation, and also a dire situation for the residents of Dover. There are not enough French border police, he said.
On Saturday, additional staff will be deployed.
– The port of Dover is relieved that French border personnel were fully mobilized at border control in Dover on Saturday morning, to get tourists and freight vehicles moving, and to deal with disturbances in Dover and in the Kent community, a port spokesman said, according to the newspaper.
On Saturday nights, many travelers are still queuing for hours.
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