Sudan: Family stuck at Egypt border as drivers demand $40,000 to cross. Crossing on foot is banned

Report from BBC News

By Gabriela Pomeroy

Friday 28 April 2023 - excerpts:

Sudan crisis: Family stuck at Egypt border as drivers demand $40,000 to cross

In a statement to the BBC, the Foreign Office said it had been "working intensively to evacuate British Nationals, since the outbreak of violence in Sudan, in a complex and highly volatile environment".

"British Nationals in Sudan are our utmost priority and we urge those who wish to leave the country to travel to the British Evacuation Centre as soon as possible. We are unable to arrange any help with travel to the airfield," the statement added.

The Foreign Office said that by Thursday evening 897 people had been flown out of Wadi Saeedna airfield.

However the BBC has spoken to a British Sudanese doctor who is being evacuated by the RAF in the eastern Red Sea city of Port Sudan. There are dozens of British Sudanese citizens who are waiting to be evacuated from Port Sudan, but until now there have been no evacuation flights.

A family fleeing Sudan say they are among thousands stuck at the border with Egypt because drivers are demanding £31,810 ($40,000) to hire a bus to travel across.

Only people travelling on buses with special permits can cross the border.

Crossing on foot is banned.

Full story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65430334

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