🔴 British troops are poised to take control of the airfield in Sudan 🔴 The UK Government doesn't know whether it will be able to evacuate all British nationals who want to leave 🔴 Troops will be ready to use force if required to protect the airfield
understands the UK troops will be ready to use force if required to protect the airfield, should it come under attack during the airlift.
The Government is still actively working on other options including an evacuation by boat from the coastal city of Port Sudan. A processing centre at the airfield is being run by staff from the Foreign Office and Border Force after the entire embassy team was evacuated on Sunday over fears they would be directly targeted by militias. The airfield, used by several different Western governments, was being operated and guarded by the German military but as of Wednesday evening they were preparing to end their mission and hand over to the UK.
Rishi Sunak rejected the suggestion that the Government was too slow to act to help British citizens, saying: “I’m pleased that we were actually one of the first countries to safely evacuate our diplomats and our families. And it was right that we prioritised them because they were being targeted.
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