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New EU fingerprint and photo checks blamed for massive bank holiday queues at Dover
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHundreds of families travelling for a bank holiday break are experiencing significant delays and gridlock at the Port of Dover due to the introduction of new EU border checks. Ferry passengers face waits of at least 90 minutes at the port for border checks, with many reporting an additional two-hour wait just to access the port, causing "total gridlock" on surrounding roads like the M20 and A2. The delays are attributed to the new EU Entry-Exit System (EES), which requires fingerprints and photographs, with French border police currently processing travellers manually as the full system is not yet installed at Dover. Saturday is anticipated to be the Port of Dover's busiest day of the year, with over 8,000 travellers, coinciding with unusually high May temperatures reaching 25 degrees and an amber heat alert for the South East. Travellers, such as Rosamund Hall, described the situation as "laughable" and "static," with Simon Calder, The Independent's travel correspondent, observing thousands of cars backed up, indicating a processing rate far below the usual 800 cars per hour. In full‘Total gridlock’ at Dover as 8,000 travellers face new EU border checks on busiest day of year so farThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
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independent.co.uk
Why there could be bank holiday travel chaos for Brits this weekend
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dailymail.com
Half-term holidaymakers are warned of massive queues at Dover
Schools will finish for the half-term break this afternoon ahead of the first holiday period since the EU's new Entry Exit System (EES) came into force on April 10.
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Why Brits are facing chaos on the roads this bank holiday weekend
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mirror.co.uk
Long queues at Dover and rail chaos mark the start of the bank holiday getaway
Families heading to France from Dover are enduring a two hour wait, while train services out of London have been hit by cancellations ahead of weekend of route closures
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Port of Dover warning as EU border checks cause chaos
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‘Total gridlock’ at Dover as 8,000 travellers face new EU border checks
Travellers are facing long queues on what is expected to be one of the hottest days of the year so far
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EU border checks suspended as Brit tourists roast in hours-long heatwave queues
Roads around the Port of Dover are 'heavily congested' again this morning with waiting times of more than four hours - all while heatwave temperatures surge
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New EU fingerprint and photo checks blamed for massive bank holiday queues at Dover
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleHundreds of families travelling for a bank…
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French authorities ease Dover gridlock for families heading for France by ferry
Exclusive: With queues nearing five hours, EU entry-exit system was suspended at Eastern Docks
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inews.co.uk
France suspends EES checks at Dover due to four-hour delays
Holidaymakers heading to France were stuck in long queues heading into the port as the half-term getaway starts
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Holidaymakers queue for more than four hours in high heat at Dover
Roads around the Kent port are 'heavily congested' with traffic jams of around two hours to access the site, according to Port of Dover Travel.
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Dover issues warning as holidaymakers stuck in near five-hour delays in heatwave
Shocking images caught the hours long queues bank holiday travellers faced in Dover and Folkestone on the hottest days of the year so far
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theguardian.com
Extra EU border checks suspended at Dover as travellers face delays in heat
Wait times of more than two hours reported at terminal for cross-Channel ferry to France
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thelocal.fr
EES border system suspended at Dover amid bank holiday chaos
French authorities suspended the European Union's new digital border check system at Britain's Port of Dover on Saturday, as traffic piled up at the UK ferry terminal at the start…
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politico.eu
France scales down border checks at Dover port amid chaotic delays
At the start of a hot bank holiday weekend, lengthy queues had formed at Dover port in what its authorities described as a challenging situation.
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apnews.com
Extra EU border checks suspended at English port after long delays for ferry to France
Extra European Union border checks have been suspended at the Port of Dover. Throngs of passengers waited hours Saturday in the heat to board ferries across the English Channel.
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arabnews.com
EU automated border system suspended at Dover amid bank holiday chaos
LONDON: French authorities suspended the European Union’s new digital border check system at Britain’s Port of Dover on Saturday, as traffic piled up at the UK ferry terminal at…
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dawn.com
EU automated border system suspended at Dover
LONDON: French authorities suspended the European Union’s new digital border check system at Britain’s Port of...
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saudigazette.com.sa
France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queues
LONDON — Extra border checks were suspended Saturday at Dover after thousands of holidaymakers heading to the port waited hours in the heat in long queues to...