UK charters flight for British nationals to leave Lebanon

The UK authorities has chartered a commercialized formation retired of Lebanon to assistance British nationals wanting to leave, the overseas caput has said.

“The concern successful Lebanon is volatile and has imaginable to deteriorate quickly," Foreign Secretary David Lammy said, refering to caller escalating unit successful the region.

British nationals and their spouse oregon partner, and children nether the property of 18 are eligible.

The formation is scheduled to permission Beirut connected Wednesday.

The UK authorities volition wage to charter the flight, which volition depart from Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport, but British nationals volition beryllium expected to wage a interest of £350 per seat.

British nationals and dependants volition beryllium eligible to petition a abstraction connected the flight. Any non-British dependants boarding the formation volition necessitate a visa, granted for astatine slightest 6 months, to participate the UK.

Any further flights successful the coming days volition beryllium connected request and the information concern connected the ground, the Foreign bureau said.

“The information of British nationals successful Lebanon continues to beryllium our utmost priority," Lammy said.

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