Stranded truckers in UK despair over virus and politics wrecking their Christmas
About 80% of truck drivers operating in Britain are employed by EU-owned firms
21 December 2020 - 16:29
Ashford, England — Stanislaw Olbrich, a 55-year-old truck driver stranded 40km north of Dover after much of the world shut borders to Britain, just wants to get home for Christmas with his wife and three children in southern Poland.
Many countries, including the rest of Europe, closed their borders to Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively cancelled Christmas for millions because of an infectious new coronavirus strain...
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