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France and UK blame each other for huge traffic jams at Dover port

Traffic jams in the port of Dover – Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa

British and French politicians have staged verbal confrontations in recent hours over the traffic jams generated since last Friday in the port of Dover, where vacationers have had to wait up to six hours to cross border control.

The foreign minister and candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, has denounced that delays were “unacceptable”, and blamed the lack of personnel of the French at the border.

“This terrible situation should have been totally avoidable and is unacceptable. We need France to act to increase capacity at the border in order to limit any further disruption,” he said in statements collected by ‘The Guardian’.

For his part, Pierre-Henri Dumont, MP for Calais, has denounced these traffic jams as a “consequence of Brexit” and has taken it for granted that they will happen again in the short to medium term.

Dumont also lamented that the port of Dover was too small and that there were too few posts for border staff due to lack of space, according to Sky News.

Source: Europa Press

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