More than 100,000 Britons may need evacuating from Middle East

Evening Standard

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told LBC's Nick Ferrari that said a total of about 300,000 British citizens are in Gulf countries targeted by Iran and indicated that 102,000 British nationals have registered their presence in the region.British nationals are being advised to follow the instructions of local authorities and monitor the Foreign Office’s travel advice, which officials expect to change rapidly.

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00:00So we've estimated that there are actually 300,000 British citizens in the...

00:04That want to come home?

00:05No, no, let me finish the point. Sorry, sorry.

00:07Sorry, Dick.

00:07There's estimated about 300,000 people in the region in the areas that have been targeted.

00:13Of those, 102,000 have now registered their presence with the UK.

00:17The advice is for people to shelter in place because of some of the drone strikes and others that have

00:22been taking place.

00:23We're providing people with updated information, sending rapid deployment teams out to the region

00:28to work with our embassies and consular staff and also to work with the airlines, with the travel industry and

00:34with those governments.

00:59We'll see you next time.

01:01Bye.

01:02Bye.

01:03Bye.

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