{"id":599847,"date":"2026-05-23T13:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599847\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:42:09","slug":"dover-bank-holiday-queues-france-suspends-extra-eu-border-checks-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599847\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover bank holiday queues: France suspends extra EU border checks &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queuespublished at 12:38 BST<\/p>\n<p>12:38 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Traffic queuing for the Port of Dover in Kent.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ac24f2d6-d64b-4124-82d2-2d88b931f636.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA MediaImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Travellers to the port also faced delays on Friday (pictured)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">French authorities have suspended extra EU border checks at<br \/>\nDover as holidaymakers heading to the port face long queues amid soaring temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The port says the decision was made after they escalated the &#8220;challenging situation&#8221; with border authorities, adding it would help to reduce congestion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EU biometric border checks, known as the new Entry\/Exit System (EES), include British passengers having to have their photo and fingerprints taken to be allowed to enter France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EU has been gradually introducing the EES, since October last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At Dover, where people go through the French border before they board a cross-Channel ferry, French authorities had not yet switched on the machines that will take fingerprints and photos under EES.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, border officials still had to create profiles for travellers linked to the new system, meaning it was taking longer to get through border checks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The May bank holiday is seen as a major test for the new checks, and heavy queues have formed while temperatures have soared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The processing time within the port fluctuated throughout<br \/>\nSaturday morning but travellers continued to face &#8220;congested&#8221; roads<br \/>\nto reach the check-in point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queuespublished at 12:38 BST 12:38 BST Image source,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-599847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}