Al-Sahhaf added, “We continue to document calls from the rest of our community in Sudan, and so far we have counted 75 new calls asking for evacuation.”
This brings the number of Iraqis evacuated from Sudan to 272, while it is expected that there will be dozens if not hundreds of Iraqis still awaiting their safe exit.
Continuous operations
The largest evacuation took place last Thursday, with two Iraqi planes carrying 218 Iraqi citizens and 16 Syrian citizens to the capital, Baghdad, from Port Sudan.
Over the past few days, evacuations of Iraqis have continued, with a number arriving in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi and the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to data from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs.
passport problem
Former Iraqi student in Sudan Muhammad Jassem said in an interview with Sky News Arabia:
Through our communication with colleagues and friends among them, there are still Iraqi students and residents stuck in Sudan, and although a number of them have registered their names to be included in the evacuations, some of them could be trapped in dangerous situations or isolated places, while awaiting the arrival of help and their consideration in the evacuations that take place.Organized by the Iraqi government. While a number of students, including 10 to 12 students, cannot leave Khartoum, due to the presence of their passports in the Sudanese residence affairs services, in order to renew their residence, that they do not were unable to obtain, given the turbulent security conditions in the country, particularly in the capital.
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