'I feel I have been kicked out, to be honest' Dr Abuldrahman Babiker, a registrar at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, tells Newsnight he is disappointed to be told he is not eligible for evacuation from Sudan on UK government flights. newsnight
Image source,British nationals seen walking towards a plane during evacuation at Wadi Seidna airport
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy and Alicia Kearns, the Conservative chairwoman of the foreign affairs select committee were among the MPs who urged Mr Cleverly to adjust the criteria of those eligible to be evacuated. She told the BBC: "In the same way we treat children who are dependent on their parents, we should respect that some elderly people are dependent on their children.
Downing Street has said that eligibility requirements had been set out "very clearly" and had not changed, but that there was "an element of discretion" for those working on the ground in Sudan.
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