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Sudan evacuation: Family from Glasgow share story of perilous escape Sudan evacuation: Family from Glasgow share story of perilous escape
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A family from Glasgow has told the BBC the story of their perilous journey from Sudan to Egypt. "I had hope that the British were coming to save us, but after a while I gave up hope," British national Einas Khojaly told the BBC's Tom Bateman upon arriving in Egypt.
"I had hope that the British were coming to save us, but after a while I gave up hope," Einas Khojaly told the BBC's Tom Bateman. Her father - heart surgeon Kamal Ahmed Khojaly - described the fear in Khartoum as bombs struck and water stopped flowing.
Her father - heart surgeon Kamal Ahmed Khojaly - described the fear in the city as bombs struck and water stopped flowing. The UK's first evacuation flight carrying British citizens from Sudan landed in Cyprus on Tuesday.
Thousands of people are continuing to flee Sudan, with Egypt to the north seeing the largest influx of people. More flights are expected as the military attempts to get hundreds out of the war-torn country during a 72-hour ceasefire.
There have been chaotic scenes at a border crossing between the two countries, with bus-loads of people waiting in baking temperatures.
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