A British family Stuck in Israel Due to the intensive conflict with Iran, he says that they face a difficult, expensive and potentially dangerous journey, if the UK government fails to work.
The 51 -year -old barrister Lisa Baker, his 15 -year -old daughter Bela and 78 -year -old mother Filis Philips, were trapped in the northern coastal city of Haifa after their flight house on Sunday after the cancellation of her flight house.
Israeli government Close your airspace After 23 June Increase in struggle With Iran, who has seen both countries Launch deadly air strikes against each other.
On Monday morning, three people were killed by Iranian ballistic missiles in Haifa. In a dawn attack.
UK is No plan To vacate British stuck in Israel, but Jordan and Egypt supported those who make their way overland.
Ms. Baker and her family are living in a hotel with access to a safe room, where they warn a potential aerial attack when they want shelter. But he is keen to return to the UK.
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Still despite registering its position with the foreign office, as requested By Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper, he says that he has some little help in finding a safe route house.
Latest government Advice It is for British citizens that three international lands for Jordan are crossed and one is open to Egypt “but can be closed without notice”.
As a result, Ms. Baker told Independent That she was searching for several routes to go home, several two or three flights.
A route is to travel by ground for more than three hours for Amman in Jordan, and then holding a flight to London Stanstad, with Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Leover in Riyadh and Istanbul in Turkey.
The journey is more than 3,700 miles, which is 2,185 miles from Haifa to London.
There are low stop routes, but the cost of the group tickets increases to £ 6,000, Ms. Baker said, while the journey includes overnight layout in airports such as Berut in Lebanon.
Ms. Baker said: “The nearest airport is Amman in Jordan, but there is no direct flight, instead there are back flights to Britain with one, two or three stops, and the cost of up to £ 6,000 for all of us.
“Then every time we go into a flight, it disappears, possibly due to demand.
“The journey also includes the border crossing that the Foreign Office says that can be closed without notice, and at risk flights can stop at an airport we are leaving.
“The UK government needs to work to bring home to British citizens safely. We ask to use border crossings in a country where there is no guarantee of a safe passage, which may mean that there is a risk of potential danger.”
Ms. Baker questioned why the UK government may not repeat Israel’s action to bring citizens back home, despite the airspace’s shutdown.
Poland has announced the evacuation of around 200 citizens in a bus convoy for Jordan, while Czech Republic and Slovakian governments have organized repatriation flights from the region.
Ms. Baker said that the Foreign Office should consider a boat service for British citizens in Haifa to reach Cyprus, where direct flights from Larnaka are available.
“This is a safe passage because it is a country that is safe, and is a path that is not putting us as a risk in other countries that can be potentially dangerous,” he said.
“It’s calm here, we are not in bomb shelters, we are in safe rooms,” he said. “It’s scary, but it is held here, with a vigilant system after siren. There are attacks in the Haifa, we know that, and damage to buildings where people are in safe rooms. Sadly, there is loss of life.
“We want to go home.”
While Bella is Missing her gcse mock exams At her school in Leeds, Ms. Baker said she was to re -hand over her barrister workload while staying away.
On Monday, Foreign Secretary David Lami assured British citizens in Israel that his welfare was the “first priority” of the government. Along with sending a team to Egypt to help citizens, he said that the border crossing is being posted on the foreign office website.
“British citizens in the region should closely monitor our travel advice for further updates.” He told the Commons.
