So far, 17 Belgian nationals and their immediate family have been evacuated from Sudan. Around 20 Belgians are still in the country where heavy fighting has been raging for just over a week. The Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib (Francophone liberal, photo above) has told VRT News that most of the Belgian still in Sudan have said that they don’t wish to leave.
Of the 42 Belgian nationals and their close family that were present in Sudan when the fighting flared up at the beginning of last 17 have since being evacuated. The Belgian Foreign Minister says that 16 of these were evacuated by plane while one Belgian was able to leave Sudan by road.
Ms Lahbib told VRT News that “Twenty Belgian people are still there. The majority of them do not wish to leave. They will remain in Sudan but we stay in contact with them.”
The Foreign Minister went on to say that some evacuees from Sudan are taken to safe countries in the region such as in Djibouti or Jordan. While other return directly to Europe.
