The Canadian government has secured a “limited variety of seats” on business flights out of Lebanon for its residents and everlasting residents, Global Affairs Canada said on Wednesday, because the conflict in Iran escalates.
As of Tuesday morning, 103,800 Canadian residents and everlasting residents within the Gulf region had registered with Global Affairs Canada. The actual number is more likely to be higher since registration with GAC is voluntary.
While air travel within the region has been disrupted following the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliation, GAC said some business flight options out of Lebanon proceed to be available.
“The Government of Canada has secured a limited variety of seats on business flights from Beirut. Moreover, Israel’s Ministry of Tourism is working buses to the Menachim Begin border crossing between Eilat and Taba, Egypt,” GAC said.
Travellers are answerable for paying their very own travel costs and making their very own arrangements for accommodation, meals and any onward travel, Wednesday’s update added.
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Global Affairs Canada said it will not be currently offering assisted departures to Canadians.
“We’re working on a spread of options to support the potential departure of Canadians from several countries within the Middle East, by each land and air, where conditions allow it and it’s protected to accomplish that,” GAC said.
Lebanon currently has the second-highest variety of Canadians (23,561), after the United Arab Emirates (28,107). Iran currently has 2,958 Canadians registered with GAC.
Canada has asked Oman for access to its airspace “if crucial” to assist evacuate a number of the 100,000 Canadians within the region or offer them assistance, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday.
Anand said the federal government is working towards “ensuring that there are possibilities for Canadians to have supports in those countries.”
She said this included Oman, which as of Wednesday morning, had “airspace that remains to be viable.”
“I requested use of that airspace, if crucial, for Canadian residents to get out,” she said.
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