Border delays are expected to get worse since the UK, after Brexit, has become a 'third country' in the eyes of the EU
There are some stickier pinch-points, such as at the space-constrained ports of Dover, Folkestone and Eurostar’s London St Pancras terminus. At each of these departure points to Europe, travellers must pass through French border control before crossing the Channel.
Once EES and Etias are functioning, drivers will have to get out of their vehicles at ports to complete the new EU checks – a process that might take as long as 10 minutes for four car passengers but exceed 90 minutes for a coach-load of holidaymakers.on post-Brexit passport checks and has warned of severe and ongoing disruption when EES and Etias come into operation. The freight trade association, Logistics UK, warns that the new border measures could lead to 17-mile tailbacks at Dover.
Tory MP John Redwood helpfully suggests that we holiday in the UK to avoid border delays. The holiday of last resort is hardly how our tourist board would want to be promoted, but the prospect of sitting in gridlock for hours waiting to head into Europe isn’t exactly the stuff of dreams, either.
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