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<p>The UK Government has helped over 200 British travellers return to the UK from
Sudan on a HMG special chartered flight on 21 May. When commercial flights were available,
the embassy highlighted these to British traveller through its Travel Advice and social
media channels. They also worked with international partners to enable British travellers
to return on other countries' charter flights. There are currently no further HMG
special charter flights planned but we welcome the decision by Emirates to offer a
commercial flight from Khartoum to Dubai on 26 June which anyone wishing to depart
Sudan could consider.</p><p>We believe that the majority of those British travellers
in Sudan who are able and wished to leave have taken one of these available means
of return. Some appear to have decided not to return at this point. It is difficult
to be precise on the numbers of British travellers who still wish to return home because
there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people
not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering
for flights even though they were not eligible. Through our embassy in Khartoum, officials
are in regular contact with those British travellers who have expressed a desire to
return to the UK. We encourage British travellers in Sudan wishing to return to the
UK to visit our Travel Advice page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/sudan"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/sudan</a> which is regularly
updated to ensure that those wishing to return are aware of further developments.</p>
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