The tailbacks were caused by French border control officers searching every single car that was coming in to France. But given that’s exactly what the French government is desperate to see happen, it could really do with hiring many more border patrol officers. Many cheesed off motorists and sections of UK media suggested the move was done as simple revenge for Brexit. Ben McPartland · 25 Jul 2016, 11:47Published: 25 Jul 2016 11:47 GMT+02:00Travellers and the media in the UK have suggested that the weekend's Dover travel chaos was prompted by a Gallic revenge for Brexit. And the French could and should have been prepared for it, especially as the Port of Dover insisted they had been warned about a serious shortfall in the number of border patrol officers.

Source: The Local July 25, 2016 10:18 UTC