100,000 UK nationals flown back from Iran since start of conflict
Home secretary Yvette Cooper says this amounts to a third of those who were in region at outset of hostilitiesThe number of UK nationals flown back from the Middle East since the start of the conflict with Iran reached 100,000 on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary has said.This is a third of...
<p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper says this amounts to a third of those who were in region at outset of hostilities</p><p>The number of UK nationals flown back from the Middle East since the start of the conflict with Iran reached 100,000 on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary has said.</p><p>This is a third of the 300,000 who were in the region at the outset of hostilities, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/yvette-cooper">Yvette Cooper</a> told parliament, many of whom were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/01/hundreds-of-thousands-of-travellers-stranded-or-diverted-amid-air-space-closures-in-middle-east">stuck when airspace was closed</a>. The figure included tourists and Gulf residents who have temporary left.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/17/uk-nationals-flown-back-from-iran-since-start-of-conflict">Continue reading...</a>
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