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Peru rescue flights ‘to begin next week’

Destinations
Tom Parry
22 March 2020

Rescue flights to bring back British tourists stranded in Peru will reportedly begin next week.

Around 400 Britons are stranded in the country after a government lockdown was imposed

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has secured permission for a UK flight to leave the South America country, according to BBC News. 

Peru has been in a state of emergency, with a curfew and closed borders, since Monday (16 March).

No flights are allowed to enter or leave without government permission.

Around 400 UK nationals are still in the country.

Raab tweeted on Saturday (21 March) that he had spoken to Peruvian counterpart Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, adding: “We committed to work together in the coming days, so Britons in Peru and Peruvian nationals in the UK can return home, amidst the challenges of tackling Covid-19.”