The local Kent Police force said there was a 12-mile tailback, which it put down to a “vast volume of holiday traffic”. Photo: AFPAFP · 24 Jul 2016, 17:32Published: 24 Jul 2016 17:32 GMT+02:00British officials were drafted in to help French border police on Sunday after 15-hour queues built up at the port of Dover due to heightened entry checks. The town is Britain’s main ferry port to Calais in northeastern France, 21 miles (33 kilometres) across the Channel. Under a reciprocal agreement, Britain and France have border controls on the opposite side of the Channel. “There has been extraordinary disruption in the Dover area today but safety is paramount.”Some people slept overnight in their cars.

Source: The Local July 24, 2016 15:33 UTC