CALAIS, France (AP) Goods and passengers from Britain began arriving on French shores Wednesday following a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated the U.K. and raised fears of food shortages. But officials warned the backlog would take days to work through.
A deal struck the day before that allows truckers and travelers with a negative virus test to cross the Channel into France brought some relief, but many warned the chaos was a precursor to what Britain may face if it doesn’t come to a trade agreement with the European Union before it leaves the bloc’s economic embrace on Dec. 31.
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Virus mutation, looming Brexit puts Britain in uncertain isolation
Stranded Europe-bound truckers are hoping to receive the green light to get out of Britain soon, after some of the most dramatic travel restrictions of the pandemic were imposed on the country following the discovery of a potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus
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A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover on Monday, after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended. France banned all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours from midnight Sunday, including trucks carrying freight through the tunnel under the English Channel or from the port of Dover on England s south coast. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
France Relaxes Its Ban on Trucks Entering From Britain
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