Children stuck on dozens of coaches at Dover waiting for more than 12 hours to cross the Channel are falling ill while loos at the port have run out of toilet paper. The Port of Dover, which has declared a critical incident, said the delays were “due to lengthy French border processes and sheer volume”.
One frustrated coach driver, who has a party of 48 kids from Swansea waiting to board a ferry to get to Claviere in Italy for a week's ski trip, said some of the children are being “physically sick” after not eating a substantial meal for more than 15 hours. Robert Kordula, who works for Barns Coaches, said he has not been updated by anyone about their current wait time for a ferry - despite being stuck at the port for in excess of 12 hours as of Saturday morning. The coach set off with two others from Swansea on Friday lunchtime with around 200 children in total.
After a long nine-hour drive to the Dover port, Mr Kordula swapped shifts with the driver on board to take over the rest of the journey. He said they have been stuck at the Dover port since 9.15pm on Friday night and were still waiting behind around 50 coaches to board a ferry across the Channel.
