Coachloads of people who have been stuck in queues for eight hours to get into the Port of Dover have finally arrived. Initial delays on Friday (March 31) for passengers heading on Easter breaks grew over the weekend.
Those who have arrived at the port on Sunday (April 2) night will now face a few more hours waiting to be processed at border controls and then get on a ferry. P&O Ferries told coach drivers to head straight to the port to join the buffer zone queues, where advance passenger information (API) will be taken, but said “currently there is a 6+ hour wait to reach the border check points”.
In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the Port of Dover said: “All of this weekend’s coach traffic is now contained in the port ready for processing through immigration controls. Coaches have been processed throughout the day along with tourist cars and freight vehicles.
