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the cues here in dover were described as major. let us review the situation this morning. behind me you can see the cues building up once again. this is tourist traffic wanting to get over to france. we are told they are facing may be a weight of about an hour to get to passport control, not as bad as yesterday, but the cues are building. if you take a look along from there, you can see some of the cars and lorries queueing just to get into the port, so there are delays for people just trying to get into the port in the first place. so two sets of cues people are having to navigate this morning. i think a key thing is going to bejust to navigate this morning. i think a key thing is going to be just how well staffed the french passport controls are. yesterday we were told they were up to full capacity. we are waiting for an update this morning. certainly there has been a lot of pressure put on the french authorities by the british government saying they need to step up. the french hit b
.ot fortnightly cycle, and then you have got working time directive, so you can actually do other work on top of it, can actually do other work on top of it. so can actually do other work on top of it, so loading, unloading, scrutinise asian, daily checks, etc. it is interesting, our proprietor reporter was saying his impression was a tourist traffic, cars were being prioritised over lorries. is there is a procedure around that? it is a very flexible situation. obviously, as you can appreciate, the length obviously, as you can appreciate, the length of the vehicle is three cars: the length of the vehicle is three cars. so the length of the vehicle is three cars, so you are going to get many more cars, so you are going to get many more cars cars, so you are going to get many more cars and suvs through the system more cars and suvs through the system and through the ferry terminals. but again, the knock on effect terminals. but again, the knock on effect of terminals. bu
port, you are facing a weight of maybe a couple of hours to get through the french passport controls. now, but has doubled in the past hour, so it gives you a sense of the type of volume that we are talking about wait. the key issueis are talking about wait. the key issue is just going to are talking about wait. the key issue isjust going to be how are talking about wait. the key issue is just going to be how well staffed the french border controls are today. let me does show you the very latest you can see lorries going into the port. they are being let in at intervals, and then beyond those lorries, that is where the tourist traffic is starting to cure, hoping to get on ferries, and we have been speaking to some people trying to get around dover this morning, eitherto trying to get around dover this morning, either to go to work in this area or to try and get on board a ferry. some are having a difficult time. ., ., , ., ., time. horrendous at the moment. it wasn t too ba
report says it has been planning with the french over a course of months about how best to cope with the influx of tourists, many people wanting to get away for the first time since travel restrictions have been lifted in the wake of the pandemic, which is why purported so furious the situation has become so chaotic this morning. it is very, very unusualfor the port chaotic this morning. it is very, very unusual for the port to declare a major incident because at the moment once people actually get to the port they face queues of around four hours to get through border checks because the french border checks because the french border checks take place on uk soil before people make the journey to france. then there are queues of miles for people trying to get to the port in the first place. lorry drivers are being caught up in this, part of the m20 has to be used as a giant lorry park for all the freights that cannot get over because tourist traffic gets prioritised in a