- Title: Afghanistan repatriation flight lands in UK
- Date: 17th August 2021
- Summary: RAF BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND, UK (AUGUST 17, 2021) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF LIGHTS OF ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) PLANE SEEN IN NIGHT SKY RAF PLANE LANDING ON RUNWAY VARIOUS OF RAF PLANE TAXIING ON RUNWAY BUSES ARRIVE TO RAF BRIZE NORTON TERMINAL BUSES TURN INTO RAF BRIZE NORTON PAST POLICE VAN BUSES DRIVING ON RUNWAY VARIOUS OF PLANE TAXIING PLANE COMING TO A STOP VARIOUS OF STEPS BEING MOVED UP TO PLANE VEHICLES ON RUNWAY VARIOUS OF PLANE DOOR OPENING VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING PLANE RUNWAY LIGHTS
- Embargoed: 1st September 2021 00:15
- Keywords: Afghanistan Britain RAF Brize Norton Royal Air Force
- Location: RAF BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: RAF BRIZE NORTON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Insurgencies
- Reuters ID: LVA001EQO6LVR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: People fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan arrived in the UK late on Tuesday evening (August 17) following Britain's announcement that it plans to welcome thousands of Afghans.
The Royal Air Force plane carrying evacuees from Kabul landed in the RAF base of Brize Norton in central England.
Britain had already planned to relocate 5,000 people as part of an Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, designed to help present and past employees of the UK government, and on Tuesday announced plans to go further with a new scheme that will prioritise women, girls and religious and other minorities.
British soldiers are working amid chaotic scenes in Kabul to help evacuate UK nationals and those Afghan citizens who worked for the British government, after thousands descended on the airport in a bid to flee the country on Monday (August 16).
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