UK government to begin evacuating British people from Sudan as civil war ravages country

There are an estimated 4,000 British nationals and dual nationals in Sudan

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly confirmed the news Tuesday saying that has 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.

He tweeted: "We have started contacting nationals directly and providing routes for departure out of the country."

People will be contacted directly and the government said people should not go to the airfield unless they are called, the Foreign Office said.

"The situation remains volatile and our ability to conduct evacuations could change at short notice," said the Foreign Office.

There are an estimated 4,000 British nationals and dual nationals in Sudan.

A source told The Mirror any evacuation of thousands of Brits will be a far more dangerous operation than the chaotic airlift from Afghanistan in 2021.

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