Passengers have been left stuck at the border for hours, including coaches full of school children and families looking to go away for the Easter holidays
staff have warned that passengers should expect hours of delays to board ferries on Sunday, as additional overnight crossings failed to clear the growing backlog of passengers.
A critical incident was declared on Friday as the delays built up, with a backlog of coaches queuing in and around the Port across the weekend. Long waits are expected to continue as passengers set off for Easter breaks.despite frequent busy periods over the Easter school holidays. Some suggested that post-Brexit border checks have worsened issues at the port, with British passengers previously nodded through at busy periods but now requiring a detailed passport inspection.
. Rebecca Foster, 20, a medical student at the University of Sheffield, said that she and her friends were “starving and dehydrated” after a 36-hour ordeal trying to board a ferry as part of a trip to Rimini, Italy for a university sports team trip with 49 other passengers.
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