The foreign office are commencing an evacuation effort to help British nationals leave Sudan from today, Sky's AliBunkallSKY reports from Cyprus. 'Priority will be given to family groups with children and elderly or individuals with medical conditions'
Military flights will depart from an airfield outside Khartoum and priority will be given to families with children, the elderly and people with medical conditions.
"We have started contacting nationals directly and providing routes for departure out of the country," tweeted Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.People will be contacted directly and the government said people should not go to the airfield unless they are called. "The situation remains volatile and our ability to conduct evacuations could change at short notice," said the Foreign Office.
Sky's Alistair Bunkall said a military plane took off from a British military base in Cyprus this morning to take part in the evacuation. He said about 4,000 UK passport holders are believed to be trapped in the east African country as rival factions battle for control.
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