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A Scottish family of four was forced to flee Lebanon due to the ongoing conflict with Israel that has seen the city heavily bombed. However, the family was divided at the airport when the children were allowed to board a flight to Birmingham, but their non-British mother, Nadia Ayoub McCulloch, was blocked from leaving as she does not have a UK passport or visa.
Her Scottish husband, William McCulloch, intends to travel back to Lebanon from Iraq to reunite with his wife and leave the country together. The couple, who have been married for 20 years, was evacuated with their son, Thomas, during the 2006 Lebanon war and did not have any issues at that time.
Mr. McCulloch, who works with humanitarian organisation Norwegian People’s Aid, said he had no problems going back into Beirut as he is determined to reunite with his wife. The UK government is chartering another flight on Sunday, for Britons to leave Lebanon amid the escalating conflict.
The family has expressed its anger over the visa situation, as they had paid for three seats, and Ms. McCulloch was only told she could not board the flight because she did not have a visa. The cost of the UK government flight out of Lebanon, which was £350 per person, was also criticized by the family.
According to the Foreign Office, more than 250 UK citizens have left on chartered flights, and more than 2,000 British nationals had registered their presence in the country as of last month. The region has seen a significant escalation of the crisis in the Middle East over the past week, with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah being assassinated, Israel launching a ground invasion of Lebanon, and Iran firing nearly 200 ballistic missiles at targets across Israel
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