'One little boy called out 'mum' seeing his mother get off the bus.' British families are now on rescue flights out of Sudan, making the 3,000-mile journey to safety.
However, Alicia Kearns, chairwoman of the Commons foreign affairs select committee, said elderly people dependent on their British citizen children should be allowed on flights to the UK.
A ceasefire began in Sudan at midnight local time on Monday, but is due to expire at the start of Friday.the UK could not guarantee how many further flightsAirlifting large numbers of people out of Sudan has been complicated by major airports becoming battlegrounds, and movement out of the capital has been perilous.One evacuee described seeing burnt houses and cars everywhere on her way to the airfield, just outside Khartoum. Others had seen dead bodies, she said.
There were more tears or relief and joy at the airport, with people saying they finally felt safe and protected.He thanked the British government but said they should be trying to save more people. Asked about the speed of the British response to the violence in Sudan, she said: "It was slow but we're here."
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