London has evacuated more than 1,800 people from Sudan after criticism of its citizens’ “leftovers”

MADRID, April 30 (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

British authorities have announced that they will charter one last flight for Monday 1 May which will allow the evacuation of European nationals after the controversy over “remains” denounced by the UK caught up in the conflict in Sudan.

Those wishing to take these flights must be at the UK’s Evacuation Management Center installed at Port Sudan International Airport by noon, diplomatic sources report.

The same week London had reported the latest departure of 21 flights organized for the evacuation of British nationals from Sudan in the face of the crisis brought on by the confrontation between the Army and Rapid Support Forces although it acknowledged that there were still British nationals. in this country.

London has thus announced the suspension of new evacuation efforts pending normalcy and due to low demand. The flights have so far allowed the evacuation of more than 1,888 people, most of them British nationals and close family members.

“We will continue to use all diplomatic mechanisms to reach a permanent ceasefire and end the bloodshed in Sudan,” British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. “Civil government and a stable transition is the best formula to protect the security and prosperity of the Sudanese people,” he added.

Britain has been criticized for its decision to evacuate its diplomats while providing little support to British citizens caught up in the conflict. Many of them said they felt “left out”.

“We can’t live there in such perilous circumstances,” said Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell, who described the evacuation operation as “highly successful”.

This Saturday a Dutch flight with 160 citizens on board left Khartoum for Jordan, the eighth and last flight organized by the Netherlands. Up to 85 Dutch people have been evacuated by the Dutch Air Force and the rest flown in on chartered planes from other European countries. The Netherlands has evacuated 130 people from 18 other countries.

Meanwhile, countries such as the United States, China or Saudi Arabia have arranged evacuations through the port of Port Sudan, on the shores of the Red Sea, from where foreigners are transferred to the Saudi port of Jeddah.