The UK government has “no plans” to establish “safe routes” for Sudanese refugees to seek asylum in Britain, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said.
The British military has airlifted 536 people out of the African country, which was plunged into violence on April 15 when a bloody conflict broke out between the Sudanese army and a powerful paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.
More than 2,000 British nationals have registered in Sudan under evacuation plans, but thousands more could be in the country.
A British Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules military transport that was carrying evacuees from Sudan is pictured on the tarmac at Larnaca International Airport, in Cyprus, on April 26, 2023. (Christina Assi/AFP via Getty Images)
During a visit to Northamptonshire on Wednesday, Braverman was asked if the government will “start looking at safe routes for refugees from Sudan” once the evacuation of British nationals has been completed….