Lorry Drivers Scuffle With UK Police as Thousands Stranded at Abandoned Airfield in Kent

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Lorry Drivers Scuffle With UK Police as Thousands Stranded at Abandoned Airfield in Kent
Drivers stand in front of police officers as they block the exit at the Port of Dover, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dover, Britain, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
There is a massive backlog of trucks at the site after France on Sunday banned all travel from Britain for 48 hours over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.
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Angry lorry drivers confronted police Wednesday as thousands waited to take cargo across the Channel at an abandoned airfield in Kent, complaining of poor facilities and lack of virus tests.

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