Teacher stranded in Sudan with family must 'move today' to escape Sudan violence
On Tuesday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed families with children, the elderly and people with medical conditions will be prioritised on RAF flights leaving from an airfield near the capital Khartoum.
Only British passport holders and their immediate family with existing UK entry clearance are eligible, the government has said.Good Morning Scotland programme"We feel she is going to have to move today because the situation could descend and they're right in the heart of where the fighting will come to."We are hoping the military will go and get them and take them to the airport.
He also criticised the UK government's response as "an embarrassment" and said it had been jolted into responding by the media coverage.
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