HC Deb 19 April 1994 vol 241 cc447-8W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals have recently been living in Rwanda; and what has been done to ensure their safety.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Seventy-eight nationals were registered with our honorary consul in Rwanda.

From early morning on Sunday 10 April, through the BBC World Service and our honorary consul in Kigali, British nationals were advised to leave the country. By the evening of Wednesday 13 April all those who wished to leave had done so. We liaised closely with the Belgian and French authorities who co-ordinated the evacuation of British nationals from Rwanda. Most travelled by air to Belgium, France and Kenya. British missions in those countries met the evacuees and, when necessary, helped with onward travel.

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