runway to luxembourg would have been queueing since yesterday. this group are en route to luxembourg and have been queueing since yesterday. i have got mostly elderly passengers on board that have paid good money for a holiday and basically i think some of them now want to go home. now the blame game has begun, the port of dover said very companies accepted extra easter bookings which added pressure to the system. the companies say they shared all booking information in advance and have laid on extra crossings overnight to get things moving. the port is also blaming french border processes. since the uk left the eu there is no longerfreedom of movement to the continent so passport checks are much more rigorous and they happen here on english soil. so when you ve got a coachload of 80 schoolchildren, every single person has to get off, have their passport examined and stamped. freight traffic and cars haven t been affected. the home secretary said the delays aren t down to brexit. they
faced lengthy delays. got into the queue about 2:30am and we were about number 33 and we are now down to 31 and we reckon we have probably got another 12 hours left waiting. this group are en route to luxembourg but have been queueing since yesterday. i ve got mostly elderly passengers that paid good money for a holiday and basically i think some of them now want to go home. the blame game has begun. the port of dover said ferry companies accepted extra easter bookings, adding pressure to the system. the companies said they shared all booking information in advance and have laid on extra crossings overnight to help get things moving. the port is also blaming french border processes. since the uk left the eu, there is no longerfreedom of movement to the continent, so passport checks are much more rigorous and they happen here, on english soil. so, when you have a coachload of 80 schoolchildren,
the port of dover said ferry companies accepted extra easter bookings, which added pressure to the system. the companies say they ve shared all booking information in advance and have laid on extra crossings overnight to help get things moving. the port is also blaming french border processes. since the uk left the eu, there s no longer freedom of movement to the continent, so passport checks are much more rigorous. and they happen here on english soil, so when you ve got, say, a coachload of 80 schoolchildren, every single person has to get off, have their passport examined and stamped. freight traffic and cars haven t been affected. the home secretary said the delays are not down to brexit. they ve seen an acute pressure of bookings, of coaches and journeys across the channel. it is a very busy time of year. there s been bad weather, but they ve been putting on extra journeys overnight. last summer, there were huge queues at the start of the school holidays, and the christmas getaway
we got here, down into the queue, about 2:30am this morning. we were about number 33, we re now down to 31, and we reckon we ve probably got another 12 hours left waiting. this group are en route to luxembourg but have been queueing since yesterday. i ve got mostly elderly passengers on that have paid good money for a holiday, i think some of them now want to go home. now the blame game has begun. the port of dover said ferry companies accepted extra easter bookings, which added pressure to the system. the companies say they ve shared all booking information in advance and have laid on extra crossings overnight to help get things moving. the port is also blaming french border processes. since the uk left the eu, there s no longer freedom of movement to the continent, so passport checks are much more rigorous. and they happen here on english soil, so when you ve got, say, a coachload of 80 schoolchildren, every single person has to get off,
extra easter bookings, which added pressure to the system. the companies say they ve shared all booking information in advance and have laid on extra crossings overnight to help get things moving. the port is also blaming french border processes. since the uk left the eu, there s no longer freedom of movement to the continent, so passport checks are much more rigorous. and they happen here on english soil, so when you ve got, say, a coachload of 80 schoolchildren, every single person has to get off, have their passport examined and stamped. freight traffic and cars haven t been affected. the home secretary said the delays are not down to brexit. they ve seen an acute pressure of bookings, of coaches and journeys across the channel. it is a very busy time of year. there s been bad weather, but they ve been putting on extra journeys overnight. last summer, there were huge queues at the start of the school holidays, and the christmas getaway saw problems because of strikes. how, then, to