article_snippet: Queues of up to five miles and lengthy delays are predicted when the new regime starts on April 8.
article_snippet: P&O Ferries has claimed new border control rules will cause huge delays leaving the country with 'coachloads of little old ladies  bearing the brunt'
article_snippet: Ferry companies warn that holidaymakers will be held in queues on the A20 in Kent, blocking the route between Dover and Folkestone during one of the busiest times of year.
article_snippet: MPs on the home affairs select committee were sent a letter from the UK Chamber of Shipping claiming trials had shown that queues of at least 650 vehicles would form on busy days.
article_snippet: Tim Reardon, the chamber’s policy director, said: ‘The model showed that, with tourist and freight check-in transactions extended by exit checks, the queue of traffic heading for the port of Dover would extend at least 8km, blocking the A20 almost as far as Folkestone.
article_snippet: Buses with 30 or more passengers on board will take even longer.
article_snippet: But passport checks on up to five passengers will stretch that closer to two minutes, adding to delays.
article_snippet: That increases the risk of congestion and delays.
article_snippet: Immigration Minister James Brokenshire told the Today programme that people should set out on people journeys earlier to avoid delays .
article_snippet: Interviewed on BBC Radio Four’s Today programme yesterday, Immigration Minister James Brokenshire twice hesitated before saying passengers should set out early on passengers journeys.
article_snippet: On busy days I think it is advisable for anyone to set out earlier to ensure that anyone are at anyone ports of departure on time.
article_snippet: Immigration Minister James Brokenshire denied there would be chaos, insisting: ‘There are often queues at both Eurotunnel and also Dover in terms of their day-to-day operations.
highlights_snippet: P&O Ferries claims it is 'little old ladies' who will suffer under the new rules .
  