Tensions have escalated as thousands of frustrated drivers remain stranded after Franz closed off its border to stop the spread of a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus.

Paris and London agreed late on Tuesday that drivers carrying a negative covert 19 test result could board ferries for Calais.

The British government said testing has now started, but with severe delays, leaving drivers frustrated on confused all the one to move to move from around the boat.

Let these people come out and buy boy.

But now another four nights here, four nights here we've been sleeping in the last one over.

Many of the mostly European drivers have been stranded with their trucks without access to hot food or bathroom facilities.

They've grown increasingly angry as it became clear they may not get home in time for Christmas with their families.

The plan to get them home now is through rapid testing.

Anyone with a positive result will take a more comprehensive P C R test, which takes longer to get a result, and anyone testing positive again will be given a hotel room toe.

Isolate Crips.

But drivers like Stella from Bulgaria are confused on where or how to get this done.

They asked For BC artist for Corbett, 19, and we don't have where to do that way.

Make appointment to go in that report to make a test.

But I think it's now the roads are closed and if we go, we can come back.

We don't have food to eat.

We don't have a drink.

We don't have anything that nobody don't care about us.

The Road Haulage Association estimated there were up to 10,000 trucks being held up in Kent.

It said the situation was chaos as the testing system was not yet ready It.