‘I’m right here child, I’m right here’: Husband reunited with pregnant spouse in UK after fleeing Sudan

Apr 30, 2023 at 9:44 PM
‘I’m right here child, I’m right here’: Husband reunited with pregnant spouse in UK after fleeing Sudan

Nagi held his spouse Reem in a decent embrace for greater than 40 seconds.

They have been reunited at a resort close to Stansted Airport after he escaped violence in Sudan on one of many final evacuation flights overseas.

Tears turned to chuckles when Nagi cradled Reem’s stomach to speak to their unborn little one.

“I’m here baby, I’m here,” he stated.

Naji kisses his wife's belly
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Nagi kisses his spouse’s stomach

The couple have been married for 3 years and had utilized to the UK authorities for Nagi to maneuver to dwell with Reem in Newcastle.

His passport and identification paperwork have been with the British Embassy in Sudan when the struggle began.

“To be honest, I thought I’m doing my best but I don’t think this is going to work,” Reem instructed Sky News.

“They’ve been turning away people who are on work permits and who have biometric ID cards. So I thought they’re never going to accept my husband.”

Nagi and Reem embrace at a hotel near Stansted Airport
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Nagi and Reem embrace at a resort close to Stansted Airport

Reem, a radiology registrar in Newcastle, turned to assist from the British charity Goodwill Caravan.

“I received an email at 3am saying he could board the last plane,” she stated.

“Nagi was, at the time, 10 hours from the airfield. By the time he got there the area was being bombed and I felt like I’d dragged him from safety right into war.”

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Nagi travelled 800km, spent $700 (£557) and went by way of six or seven checkpoints to reach at Wadi Saeedna airfield close to Khartoum.

“When I arrived at the airfield they put an X on my hand. That signals that a person can’t leave the country,” Nagi stated.

The crimson stain was nonetheless on his hand as he instructed Sky News how his nation descended into chaos.

There is a meals scarcity within the capital, he stated.

There can also be no electrical energy, confusion over fighters utilizing pretend uniforms, and useless our bodies mendacity within the streets.

“There are witness reports of dogs ripping at corpses of people whose numbers may not have been included in the 500 reported to have died,” he stated.

He added: “I would call it a ghost town.

“Nobody is aware of who’s preventing who as a result of there are experiences that fighters swap uniforms.

“Businesses have closed, large populations are running away, and the worst thing is not knowing where we were running to and not knowing who we could run to.”

It comes because the final flight from Khartoum arrived at Stansted Airport this night.