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By Hugo Gye Political Editor
Friday 28 April 2023 5:54 pm (Updated 8:50 pm) BST UK - excerpt:
Sudan evacuation flights to end on Saturday night as pressure grows to rescue all stranded UK residents
UK citizens wanting to be evacuated from Sudan have been told to travel to the airfield where flights are taking off as soon as possible
British evacuation flights from Sudan will end on Saturday as demand from UK citizens has slowed, ministers have warned – but they will not be opened up to residents of Britain who do not hold a passport.
Oliver Dowden, the Deputy Prime Minister, said that the UK military and civil servants had carried out “the longest and largest evacuation of any Western country”.
Some 1,573 British nationals have been lifted out of the country on 13 flights so far.
Any remaining passport holders wishing to be evacuated should travel to the Wadi Saeedna airstrip near Khartoum before 6pm BST on Saturday, Mr Dowden said.
He told broadcasters on Friday evening: “What we are saying now is that people should expect within the next 24 hours, so by six o’clock UK time tomorrow, for us to cease those flights…
There remains another 24 hours for people to make their way to the airport to ensure that they can take advantage of this.”
UK nationals arriving in Cyprus after being flown from Sudan (Photo: MoD)
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