Finland ends evacuation of Finns in Sudan

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Thursday completed Finland’s relief effort in Sudan after evacuating a total of eleven Finnish nationals, said the ministry in a press release.

Some Finns, however, decided to remain in Sudan.

If their situation changes and they need help, the Foreign Ministry will assist them as individual consular cases as far as possible, said the ministry.

The relief effort was a collaboration of the Foreign Ministry and the Finnish Defence Forces.

Finland set up a consular rapid response team in Djibouti, which became a centre for the relief efforts of different countries.

Sweden and other Nordic countries and France and Germany gave Finland vital support in the evacuations.

Finland does not have a diplomatic mission in Khartoum. The Finnish embassies in Cairo, Addis Ababa and Riyadh, among others, assisted the Foreign Ministry and the Defence Forces with the evacuations, with staying in contact with the Finnish nationals in Sudan and with other necessary tasks.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Finland in Cairo will continue to monitor developments in the conflict and serious humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Out of the eleven Finnish nationals, ten were evacuated on Sunday night.