Brexit Not to Blame for English Channel Travel Chaos, Downing Street Insists

Brexit Not to Blame for English Channel Travel Chaos, Downing Street Insists
Cars queue at the Port of Dover in Kent, southeast England, on July 22, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA Media
Alexander Zhang
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Downing Street has insisted the travel chaos in the English Channel is not the result of Brexit, blaming instead the shortage of French border control staff for causing long queues and delays.

The disruptions started at the Port of Dover on July 22, when thousands of holidaymakers were stuck in traffic jams and 6-hour queues. The situation improved in Dover on July 24, but congestion at the Eurotunnel terminal left more people stranded.