Sudanese registrar Dr Abdulrahman Babiker, 33, was initially turned away when he tried to board a flight
An NHS doctor working at a Manchester hospital has managed to flee Sudan and has made a desperate appeal to Rishi Sunak to extend evacuation flights to help other medics get out.
Fighting has now broken out again in Khartoum despite the extension of an armistice between the country’s two warring generals having been brokered in the early hours of Friday. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Dr Babiker thanked the government for changing its position but said: “It is still difficult because some people still live far from Wadi Saeedna and they mentioned today it’s difficult for them to get to Wadi Saeedna. There is just one day for them to come to Wadi Saeedna.
"So 24 hour for them, it’s quite [a] strict time and if they got or allowed for more time they may make it to Wadi Saeedna and they can be evacuated with their family… A UK government spokesperson said: “We have made the decision to extend the evacuation criteria to include eligible non- British nationals in Sudan who are working as clinicians within the NHS, and their dependents who have leave to enter the UK.
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