Easter holiday chaos as families stuck in 15 HOUR Port of Dover queues as holiday-makers STILL stuck in queues since 4am

FAMILIES have been stuck for 15 hours at the Port of Dover in Easter holiday chaos.

Holiday-makers are still facing huge delays today after queueing up since 4am.

Kids were left physically ill after being stuck on coaches as the port declared a critical incident in Easter holiday chaos.

Problems started on Friday night following bad weather and "lengthy" hold-ups at French border controls - with people voicing their frustrations as they faced huge queues into today.

Dozens of coaches were stranded at the crossing in miles of queues, leaving those on board without food or drink.

One coach driver, who had 48 school children on board, said some were falling ill after not eating for more than 15 hours.

The children, from Swansea, were heading to Italy for a week-long ski trip but faced long waits at the Channel crossing.

Coach driver Robert Kordula, 51, said port staff had been absent with travellers left without information.

He said: “There wasn’t enough food and the toilets ran out of toilet paper. We’ve heard nothing all night and it’s been more than 12 hours since we arrived at the port.

“The kids are not doing very well. Some of them are being physically sick as they have not had a substantial meal for around 15 hours.”

One mum, who has a daughter trying to get away on a school trip, said she has been stuck since 4am.

Natasha Tranchant at 4.30pm: "Absolutely NOT ideal and busy is an understatement.

"My daughter is on a school trip and has been stuck on a coach since 4am this morning at the port of with still no confirmed departure time!"

Rosie, a woman travelling with her family, told : "It's supposed to be an easy overnight trip, but it's absolute carnage and there's no excuse for it at all."

Meanwhile, Conservative MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke tweeted: "Incredibly disappointing to see French border control problems once again adding to traffic mayhem just as families are trying to getaway for the Easter holidays."

And one frustrated coach driver Robert Kordula, who has a party of 48 kids from Swansea hoping to get away to Italy for a week, said some kids had not been able to eat a substantial meal for more than 15 hours.

He said: "Some of them are being physically sick as they have not had a substantial meal for around 15 hours due to the journey down here on top of the wait time."

And he added: "There wasn't enough food and the toilets ran out of toilet paper."

Dozens of coaches were left stuck in the chaos, with one school heading to a skiing trip tweeting P&O Ferries, saying: "Please can you confirm when those coaches who were sent away from the port will be invited back?

"Our passports were scanned at 2.30am after long delays and we now have over 40 students and five staff stuck in a car park with no facilities."

And one mum said her son has been stuck for nearly 12 hours.

She tweeted: "My son and his school have had almost 11 hours wait and still not at passport control yet.

"Then a 14 hour drive to Austria when they do get to France.

"More information is needed about how you propose to get things moving now. Your updates are good for nothing."

Another holiday-maker said: "We arrived at Dover just after 8:30pm last night, it's easily going to be 15 hours by the time we get on a ferry."

The chaos has slowly started to move on since Friday night but travellers still face lengthy delays.