For days, numerous truck drivers have been stuck on the English Channel in England. One day before Christmas Eve, France opens its borders again. But only very few make it home in time for the party. Because there are many Poles among stranded drivers, Warsaw is sending medical staff and corona tests. Although France has reopened the border with Great Britain, many truck drivers also have to spend Christmas Day in south-east England in their cabins. So far, hundreds of vehicles have been approved. However, a negative corona test is required to enter France, and clearance continues. The British government had initially sent 300 soldiers to the county of Kent around the port of Dover on the English Channel to help with the tests. In order to resolve the huge traffic jam as quickly as possible, 800 more have now been added, said the Ministry of Defense in London. Nevertheless, it is expected that it will take days for the backlog to clear. Thousands of truck drivers had been stuck in England since last Sunday after France completely closed its border because of a new, possibly even more contagious, coronavirus variant. An agreement was reached between London and Paris on Wednesday. The truck drivers must therefore undergo a rapid corona test before they are allowed to cross the English Channel by ship or through the Eurotunnel – a significant logistical task.

The British Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced on Thursday that more than 2,300 drivers had already been tested, of which only three had a positive result. According to the British news agency PA, 700 trucks had already started crossing the English Channel. The drivers had celebrated this with loud horns.

Poland sends helpers

According to the German ambassador in London, Andreas Michaelis, some German drivers with whom he was in contact are also stuck in the chaos. Others have already started their journey home. Poland sent an army medical team of 60 to Dover to help test the Polish truck drivers. A first delegation of doctors and nurses from Poland had already tested 1,260 truck drivers by Friday morning, Michal Dworczyk, head of the government chancellery, announced on Twitter. In addition, the country made 15,000 corona tests available. Polish army soldiers also distributed food. According to the government in Warsaw, several thousand Polish drivers were stuck in England. “We are determined that all Polish truck drivers should come home,” said Dworczyk. More than 5,000 trucks are still stuck at the disused Manston airfield and a cordoned off section of the M20 motorway, according to PA. Many of the drivers complained that they were running out of water and food. There are also no toilets for many.

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