A desperate driver who waited up to 30 hours to cross the channel into France turned the roadside into a public urinal.
The port of Dover has seen traffic from hell since Friday, with some saying they had to wait six hours for the 75 meters to move.
The family left for the start of summer vacation, causing major traffic delays of miles of vehicular congestion.
One man told the BBC he had been waiting “30 hours” to cross the channel and many had been waiting for more than seven hours.
Those who boarded the ferry instead of the tunnel were told to arrive at 6 o’clock and face a five-hour procession.
With nowhere else to go, the driver stuck in a traffic jam had no choice but to switch to a roadside toilet.
One passenger, named Joan, told LBC: Some were walking, there was no police, some were calling 999 and there was no information.
“The hard side now is like a public urinal. People are trying to get their dogs exercise. We are experiencing the worst heat of the day and people are running out of water.”
Joan said she and her disabled sister Gina hit traffic around 8:30 am and covered a mile in eight hours.
Gina says that she needed a bathroom right now, but she had to wait because she needed special access.
French and British officials continue to bicker over who will be responsible for the unrest, as French police blame the “unexpected technical incident” in the Channel Tunnel.
Eurotunnel said it had nothing to do with them, saying the “serious incident” was declared after the “minor” technical incident.
French politicians sought to condemn the turmoil by introducing post-Brexit passport checks by French officers on the British side of the channel.
Calais Republican Pierre Henry Dumont told BBC News the traffic jam was the result of a “Brexit”.
He said the port of Dover is “too small” and there are too few kiosks if you need to check your passport.
Port CEO Doug Banister said today’s traffic is moving faster after French authorities sent additional passport officers to the 12 cabins at the ferry terminal.
Lucy Morton, secretary general of the Immigration Office, told BBC Radio 4 that “minimal” checks were unavoidable during the EU.
He states: “Sure, the controls are stricter than before Brexit. Now we are, of course, outside the EU and we have the right to treat ourselves like any other traveler outside the EU.”
“So they’re doing the same level of checking on us as we are, and we always have.”
“This is not our border that we have governed. Indeed, France has reinstated border control in this regard.
“This is democracy. There was a vote. Some people voted. Some people voted against. This is one of the reasonably predictable outcomes. And this is a mouthful. Time to pick that.”
Conservative leadership candidates also took part in the debate, with Rishi Sunak saying: “France needs an urgent review of the situation.
“They need to stop blaming Brexit and start getting the staff they need. Locking their families in a car like this is absolutely unacceptable.”
Foreign Minister Liz Truss told French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna that “further action is needed” and blamed agitation by French authorities.
The Foreign, Commonwealth of Development has tweeted Ms Truss’s statement. “Today I spoke with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna about the frustrating delays at the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel Terminal at Folkestone.
“It is clear that the French authorities have not placed enough people at the border and we must analyze their actions to deal with the serious situation faced by travellers, including families.
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Source: Metro
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