Glasgow actor Dave Allan was among hundreds of people facing up to six-hour waits to board ferries.
by poor resourcing at the French border. It described the situation as "immensely frustrating" at one of the busiest times of the year for foreign travel as most schools in England and Wales break up for summer.Image caption,Travel expert Simon Calder told Sky News: "Since Brexit, everybody has to have their passport, not just looked at, but properly stamped. That's something that we insisted on when we left the EU.
"That takes far longer than the previous checks when people typically just waved their passport at the guards and they were waved through." He said the Port of Dover had increased its facilities for journeys to France by 50% but that it had not been enough to prevent delays. The port's chief executive, Doug Bannister, stopped short of guaranteeing the backlog would clear in the coming days. He told the BBC: "We're putting all the attention we possibly can do on ensuring there will be enough resources in place to manage this very busy first weekend of the summer."
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