The Port of Dover has declared a ‘critical incident’, blaming ‘woefully inadequate’ French border control staffing for queues of up to six hours as the busiest summer getaway in years kicks off. Dover is directly affected by any French staffing shortages because of ‘juxtaposed controls’, where travellers clear French entry requirements at the port before crossing the Channel. Travellers are also facing long queues in parts of London, and Heathrow, Manchester and Bristol airports this morning on what is expected to be an extremely busy day for air and road travel
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