Andrew Mitchell says government ‘exploring every single possible way’ of evacuating Britons from war zone
British nationals still in Sudan cannot be given any assurances about evacuations, the UK development minister has said, as a storm gathers over the UK’s decision to rescue only its diplomats over the weekend, when other countries were evacuating diplomats and nationals.
Andrew Mitchell said about 2,000 Britons in Sudan had registered with the Foreign Office, and the government was “exploring every single possible way of getting them out”. But he warned: “I simply cannot give any assurances and [it] wouldn’t be responsible to do so.”
