Not driving home for Christmas; Dutch residents stranded in Britain by travel ban
A Stena Line ferry at Hoek van Holland. Photo: Marco de Swaart ANP
The Dutch foreign ministry has been inundated with calls from Dutch nationals and foreign residents stranded in the UK by the travel ban imposed since Sunday.
On a normal Sunday, the ministry’s 24/7 contact centre’s phone rings some 330 times but this Sunday the total shot up to 800, and a further 700 people asked for help via email and message services, the AD reported on Tuesday.
Most of the callers, the AD said, are in a panic about getting back to the Netherlands for Christmas.