Keir Starmer urged the British to immediately make contact with the foreign authority, if any of the nationals in Israel and the currently occupied Palestinian territories. This comes after the United Kingdom government began to plan emergency evacuation flights to safely bring British nationals back to the country in the middle of the growing conflict of Iranian-Israeli conflict.
Evacuation flights starting at the beginning of next week: News
The United States has now entered the conflict of Israel and Iran with an armed reaction and hit three nuclear facilities of Iran, which worsened the situation. In the middle of this, Keir Starmer and the United Kingdom Government were aware of the situation and were working on the start of evacuation flights at the beginning of next week. “I call on all citizens to make contact with the foreign authority so that we can facilitate any support,” the British Prime Minister said.
“Well, for British citizens, we’ve been telling us to register their presence for some time. And as for Israel, when we can get charter flights, we’ll do it,” Keir Starmer continued.
Business secretary Jonathon Reynolds was quoted on Sunday morning Sky News: “We are in active interviews about renting aircraft to get people out.”
According to PA reports, when he asked if this would happen immediately, Reynolds said, “I believe our intention would be as soon as possible, not within a few days.”
On Sunday evening, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris said 15 Irish citizens were already evacuated from Israel in the middle of the deteriorating situation between Iran and Israel.
Harris said that a group of 15 Irish nationals would arrive in Ireland in the coming days after being evacuated with the appropriate help of the Austrian government. Meanwhile, FCDO warned British nationals not to get to the airport, if they were not contacted, report PA.
(Tagstotranslate) Keir Starmer
