London: Following the start of civilian airlifts late Tuesday, the UK government announced Wednesday that it had so far evacuated more than 300 Britons and other foreign nationals from the violence in Sudan.
Four flights were used to transport those evacuated, the majority of whom were people with British passports and their dependents, according to a spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
He added that four more flights were scheduled to depart throughout the day on Wednesday.
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"Flights have been fully booked or nearly so. The spokesman mentioned a runway being used close to the capital Khartoum and said, "We are seeing good numbers coming to the airstrip.
A seamless and orderly flow of people is apparent. I haven't heard of any significant issues with people showing up who are ineligible. He observed that the security situation surrounding the airstrip appeared to be stable enough to permit the evacuation operation to proceed.
"We are not seeing those who are making that trip have significant issues, and they are not seeing issues around the airport," he claimed.However, a different land and sea exit via Port Sudan in the east was also being "looked at."
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Currently, the flights carrying evacuees to a UK military base on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus are only allowing British passport holders and their dependents, as well as some foreigners where space permits.
After that, they are flown to Britain. The "very fast-moving situation," however, could cause that to change, according to Sunak's spokesman. Given the difficult conditions people are experiencing, he continued, "As you would expect, we keep those criteria under review."
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After receiving domestic criticism for initially only removing diplomats and their families from Sudan at the weekend, the UK government launched an evacuation effort.