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| Tougher security checks delay passengers at Dover | Tougher security checks delay passengers at Dover |
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| Ferry passengers waiting to leave Dover have faced delays of up to 90 minutes due to enhanced security checks by French border officials. | |
| Those arriving earlier faced queues as travellers waited to clear customs. | Those arriving earlier faced queues as travellers waited to clear customs. |
| By the afternoon, P&O said check-in "was clear" but advised arriving at least an hour before their booked sailing times. | By the afternoon, P&O said check-in "was clear" but advised arriving at least an hour before their booked sailing times. |
| Any passengers held up in queues would be put on the next available sailing, it said. | |
| DFDS ferries advised passengers to have their passports ready on the correct page before approaching border control and the check-in booths in order to help the queues move faster. | DFDS ferries advised passengers to have their passports ready on the correct page before approaching border control and the check-in booths in order to help the queues move faster. |
| A spokeswoman for the Port of Dover said the enhanced security checks at the French border control in Dover began on Thursday evening, at the start of the Easter weekend getaway when traffic was already heavy. | |
| She said waiting vehicles were contained within the port, and the situation had begun to ease by 04:00 BST on Friday. | |
| She added that anyone travelling over the holiday weekend should allow a little extra time when planning their journey. |