The government has announced that the final UK rescue flight from Sudan will depart on Wednesday.
James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, stated that British nationals wishing to leave the country should proceed to the Coral hotel in Port Sudan by 10am local time (9am BST). In addition, he stated that the city would not have any further organized British evacuation flights.
Earlier, people believed that the evacuation airlift had ended on Monday when planes departed Sudan for Cyprus.
According to the government, they have evacuated 2,341 people on 28 flights. The government described their evacuations as “the longest and largest operation of any western nation.”
Downing Street said 1,195 were British nationals, with other nationalities, including Sudanese dependants of British nationals, also helped to leave.
The government also confirmed that, as of Monday, 18 Sudanese clinicians had left the country as part of the UK evacuation.
In updated guidance on its website on Tuesday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “The UK government will run final evacuation flights from Port Sudan on 3 May. To travel out of Sudan, you must arrive at the Coral hotel in Port Sudan by 10am on May 3rd to complete the processing.
“After that, no further British evacuation flights will operate from Port Sudan.”
Cleverly tweeted: “After the successful evacuation of 2341 people on 28 UK rescue flight, the last UK flight is expected to leave Port Sudan tomorrow. I urge British Nationals still wishing to leave the country to go to the Coral Hotel in Port Sudan and continue to follow our Travel Advice.”
Earlier, the foreign secretary said a British military presence remained at the country’s main seaport on the Red Sea coast as the situation remained dangerous.