Why there are delays at Dover Port and what Brexit has to do with the ferry queues

Suella Braverman has rejected suggestions that Brexit could be the cause of severe delays at the Port of Dover this weekend

as the queues at the border built up, with a backlog of coaches waiting at the port across the weekend.

A Port of Dover spokesman said: “The additional sailings have assisted in clearing some of the traffic, although currently both DFDS and P&O have two full lanes of coaches in the port before French border controls, with a processing time of about 4.5 hours. “Once coaches are processed in an operator’s lane, more are being sent to the port. Currently, the estimated total time is six to eight hours dwell time.”The port’s spokesman said they hoped to clear the queues by lunchtime on Sunday as passengers continue to set off on Easter breaks.

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