Sudan: Evacuation flights underway as fighting intensifies
Telegraph, 24 Apr 2023
Several countries have evacuated diplomats and citizens from Sudan's capital as fighting intensifies.
More than 4,000 British nationals could still be stuck in Sudan awaiting evacuation, according to a senior Tory MP.
Alicia Kearns, the chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "I suspect that we are on well over a thousand who wish to be evacuated. But sometimes these are large families. I suspect we could be looking at 3,000, 4,000 plus."
Ms Kearns said that people in Sudan are "terrified" and living in "abject fear", with very little water and food left: "I’m even hearing stories of people killing their pets because they’re worried they’re going to starve."
#sudan #conflict #evacuation
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More than 4,000 British nationals could still be stuck in Sudan awaiting evacuation, according to a senior Tory MP.
Alicia Kearns, the chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "I suspect that we are on well over a thousand who wish to be evacuated. But sometimes these are large families. I suspect we could be looking at 3,000, 4,000 plus."
Ms Kearns said that people in Sudan are "terrified" and living in "abject fear", with very little water and food left: "I’m even hearing stories of people killing their pets because they’re worried they’re going to starve."
#sudan #conflict #evacuation
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