British citizens trapped in Sudan will have to brave a three-day journey through the war-torn country to access Royal Navy rescue ships being sent by the UK Government in the hope they will be able to take them home 🔴 HugoGye reports
As of Sunday night around 2,000 UK citizens, roughly half the estimated total, had contacted the Foreign Office registering their presence in Sudan. They are being told to stay where they are for the time being and await further instruction.
Unlike when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, which prompted a mass evacuation of most Western citizens, the UK Government has not been able to access a hotline to the warring parties in Sudan. A source said: “Their objective is to beat each other, and whatever is in the way of that doesn’t matter to them.”told the House of Commons: “We most certainly have learned lessons from Afghanistan and the position in Sudan is completely different.
The minister confirmed that the UK’s ambassador and deputy ambassador to Sudan were both out of the country at the time the civil war ignited this month but insisted the Government had moved as quickly as possible. He added: “When the French were seeking to evacuate their diplomats, and some people from the wider French government platform… they were shot at as they came out through the embassy gateway and I understand one of their special forces is gravely ill.”
Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP who chairs the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “Time is running out. We need to do the evacuation now.” She claimed British citizens were “running out of food, they are running out of water, electricity and internet signal” and some had killed their pets because they were unable to feed them any more.
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