Sudan violence: UK help for Britons stuck in Sudan 'severely limited'

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has warned that UK assistance for Britons stuck successful Sudan volition stay "severely limited" until a ceasefire is reached.

However, immoderate Britons inactive successful the state said they consciousness abandoned by the UK government.

Violence successful Sudan betwixt 2 opposing forces has seen deadly shooting and shelling successful the capital, Khartoum.

Mr Cleverly said determination were "specific threats and unit directed towards diplomats" which led to the determination to evacuate staff.

He said the UK authorities remained "absolutely committed to supporting" Britons successful Sudan but added that without an extremity to the fighting, ministers were "severely constricted successful our quality to supply assistance to British nationals".

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak besides said enactment was continuing to guarantee the information of British nationals who stay successful the country.

The powerfulness conflict that erupted past week betwixt Sudan's regular service and a paramilitary unit called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has besides affected different parts of the country, starring to a increasing humanitarian crisis.

Electricity is scarce and nutrient and h2o supplies are moving retired for many.

Mr Sunak and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed connected Sunday that the UK and Egypt would enactment with planetary partners connected diplomatic efforts to unafraid a ceasefire.

Tobias Ellwood MP, seat of the Commons defence prime committee, said the PM should present absorption connected "phase two" of evacuations to guarantee that each British passport holders who privation to permission the state tin beryllium extracted.

He does not cognize however galore British passport holders determination are successful Sudan, but helium told the BBC helium understands that much than 1,000 radical person registered with the Foreign Office and determination are "easily a mates much thousand" much who person not yet travel forward.

Asked astir criticisms that the UK had not acted rapidly capable to evacuate British diplomats and their families, Mr Ellwood said implicit 1,000 subject unit had been mobilised astatine precise abbreviated notice.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told the BBC that the British Army, Royal Navy and the RAF had been involved, with C-130 Hercules and A400 Airbus craft utilized successful the play rescue.

On Sunday Mr Cleverly chaired a sixth Cobra league - an exigency effect committee made up of ministers, civilian servants and others - to sermon Sudan's "escalation" of violence.

Sam, a British businessman surviving successful Sudan, told the BBC that quality of the UK evacuation astatine the play "gave america hope, but successful the lack of immoderate accusation from the authorities this was intelligibly a solution for diplomats only".

He described the concern arsenic a "nightmare for those of america near behind", and said helium knew of galore radical from different countries similar Hungary and South Africa whose embassies are making plans to evacuate nationals.

Another UK national successful Sudan, William, described a chaotic concern arsenic helium opted to permission the superior Khartoum connected a bus, organised by his Sudanese leader to instrumentality him and different nationals to Egypt.

Speaking to the BBC's Newshour, helium said the UK authorities had fixed him "nothing" successful presumption of support, adding: "We had to fundamentally spell private, we've had perfectly thing but nonsense from the authorities and not adjacent nonsense. We've had nothing.

"The internet's conscionable gone out, truthful we've been connected 3G each day. And we were each moving retired of data. And truthful connection was becoming progressively difficult."

William described waiting to beryllium collected by the autobus arsenic a "dicey situation" with "gunfire going disconnected each the time".

"We're making rather dilatory advancement but dependable progress. So the thought is we proceed going for the adjacent 2 days, up to the Egyptian border, and past we're benignant of safe."

Several different countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain person been evacuating their diplomats and citizens.

US authorities said they had airlifted less than 100 radical with 3 Chinook helicopters connected Sunday successful a "fast and clean" operation.

The US embassy successful Khartoum is present closed, and a tweet connected its authoritative provender says it is not harmless capable for the authorities to evacuate backstage US citizens.

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