Home Secretary Suella Braverman earlier told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the situation at Dover was 'improving' and denied that Brexit had played a part in the disruption.
While P&O Ferries tweeted:"There are no longer any queues at the entrance to the Port of Dover. We apologise for the wait times experienced this weekend."Ms Braverman denied that Brexit had played a part in the disruption and urged patience from holidaymakers while travel companies cleared the backlog."I don't think that is fair to say that this is an adverse effect of Brexit," she said.
"But at acute times, when there's a lot of pressure crossing the Channel whether the tunnel or the ferries, then I think there's always going to be a backup. The home secretary also downplayed fears that delays at Dover could become a regular occurrence that risks ruining school holiday plans, suggesting things have been"operating very smoothly at the border" in general.
Port officials said they had been"working round the clock" with ferry operators and border agencies to try to get coach passengers on their way and more than 300 coaches left the port on Saturday, while the freight backlog was cleared and tourist cars had been successfully processed.One passenger, Rosie Pearson, described the travel scenes in Dover on Saturday as"carnage" as she was stuck for 16 hours with her husband and two teenagers.
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