NHS doctors and young kids finally escape Sudan after nail-biting wait to get on UK plane

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'This is a crisis, you should be more flexible and more humanitarian' 🔴 An NHS doctor caught up in the bloodshed in Sudan with his young family has spoken of his relief after being evacuated but accused the UK Government of failing people

BBC staff thought Richard Sharp was ‘too chummy with Downing Street’ and broke into applause when he resignedThe father of two said Britain should be ‘more humanitarian’ after a nerve-racking escape from the war-torn country with his young family

However, with gunfire ringing through the streets of the capital, they decided to risk the journey to the airport – and after a tense 24-hour wait, they were allowed to board a plane on Thursday evening. Dr Hassan, who works in A&E at Manchester Royal Infirmary, said he had heard from fellow NHS doctors in a similar situation to him in Sudan. “A lot of time has been wasted,” he said. “And they feel there’s a kind of injustice.”“We are praying for them,” he said.

Dr Hassan said the family’s overnight stay at the Wadi Saeedna Airfield outside Khartoum was “very hot and humid”.They boarded a British evacuation flight out of Sudan at 6pm on Thursday, arriving in Cyprus in the early hours of Friday morning. “Those who have existing entry clearance for the UK but are not the dependent of a British passport holder can still come to the UK via other points of exit, such as crossing the border into Egypt.”in Sudan, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office advice remains the same as initially given on 25 April.

 

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