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Travellers to the port also faced delays on Friday (pictured)
French authorities have suspended extra EU border checks at
Dover as holidaymakers heading to the port face long queues amid soaring temperatures.
The port says the decision was made after they escalated the “challenging situation” with border authorities, adding it would help to reduce congestion.
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.
The EU has been gradually introducing the EES, since October last year.
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.
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.
The May bank holiday is seen as a major test for the new checks, and heavy queues have formed while temperatures have soared.
The processing time within the port fluctuated throughout
Saturday morning but travellers continued to face “congested” roads
to reach the check-in point.