British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many repatriation flights the Government has chartered to date; and what the (a) departure airport and (b) UK arrival airport was of each flight.


Answered by
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Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 8th June 2020

.British travellers who need and want to return to the UK is one of the Government's highest priorities. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Since the Foreign Secretary announced £75m to support repatriation efforts on 30 March, the Government has so far delivered a programme of over 170 charter flights from where commercial options are no longer viable. These flights have brought?over?35,800?people from?36?countries and territories, back to UK airports in the East Midlands, London and Manchester.

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