UK sending rapid teams to help 300,000 nationals in Gulf, says minister

by Theleaders | March 2, 2026 6:14 pm

LONDON, March 2 — British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said today that Britain was setting up support systems to help evacuate its citizens from the Gulf with an estimated 300,000 people living in ⁠the region.

“We ⁠are looking ⁠at a wide ⁠range ⁠of options, working, crucially with the travel ⁠industry and with government evacuation if necessary,” Cooper told Sky News.

The British government wanted ⁠airspace to be re-opened and it was sending rapid deployment ⁠teams to the region ⁠to ⁠work with the travel industry, she said. 

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