‘It's a mess!’ Simon Calder reports from Dover as travel chaos erupts over new EU digital border scheme

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Britain's coastguard is handing out bottles of water to motorists caught up in queues at the Port of Dover during the bank holiday weekend, GB News understands.Drivers attempting to catch a ferry from Kent were facing delays of almost 5 hours, forcing French border officials to drop the European Union's new entry-exit system (EES).

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To try and help delayed passengers from fainting in 28C heat, the coastguard has been deployed to hand out bottled water to those waiting to leave Britain.The coastguard confirmed to GB News they are assisting the local resilience forum at Dover.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The EES system requires people from non-EU countries to have their fingerprints registered and their photograph taken to enter the Schengen area.Port officials said the full system was not running for cars and it was still awaiting delivery of technology, forcing French officials to create manual traveller records.Travel expert Simon Calder told the People's Channel: "First contact...

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‘It's a mess!' Simon Calder reports from Dover as travel chaos erupts over new EU digital border scheme.

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Simon Calder has been on the scene at Dover, where lorries and holidaymakers are stuck in huge queues attempting to cross the English Channel.The travel expert said the four-and-a-half-hour delays were due to "French IT problems" related to the rollout of the European Union's new border entry and exit scheme.

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"First contact with the entry exit system at the first peak getaway since the rollout was sort of completed," he said under the blazing sun.

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The entire travel industry, from the Port of Dover to Michael O'Leary, the boss of Ryanair, is demanding that the system be relaxed."Speaking to the police here, while you might be seeing the trucks actually seem to be moving faster than the motorists and families heading away.

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"That's because they've already been queuing about four or five miles back along the A20.

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