Channel migrants boarded dinghies in front of smirking gendarmes on Saturday while outbound Bank Holiday travellers were forced to wait for hours in ferry ports by French border guards.

Exclusive: With queues nearing five hours, EU entry-exit system was suspended at Eastern Docks

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…