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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) suspended operations in Yemen in 2015.
Since then our ability to offer consular assistance to British nationals in Yemen
has been extremely limited. Since March 2011, the FCO has consistently advised against
all travel to all parts of Yemen, and advised British nationals to leave the country.
However, where possible, the FCO remains committed to doing what it can for those
British nationals that remain in Yemen.</p><p>Following the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic, and subsequent restrictions put in place by the authorities in Yemen, FCO
officials have been in contact with nine British nationals who have expressed a wish
to return to the UK. Officials have worked with the UN and regional partners to arrange
departures to neighbouring countries, from where onward flights to the UK have then
been secured. To date, five British nationals have successfully left Yemen.</p>
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