Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 192467

Sudan: Aviation

Tabled: 5 July 2023

Answered: 11 July 2023

Named Day

Question

Sir Stephen Timms

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there have been evacuation flights from the Sudan since 1 May; and how many (a) British and (b) other nationals have been evacuated from the Sudan to the UK since tha

Answer

Sir Andrew Mitchell

The UK co-ordinated the longest and largest evacuation of any Western country and brought 2,450 people to safety from Sudan. Between 25 April and 3 May, the UK supported the departure of 1,243 British nationals - and 1,207 other nationals - on 24 flights ...

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