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More than 11,000 EU citizens have been repatriated from the Middle East since the start of the war initiated by Israel and the United States against Iran, including Portuguese nationals, the European Commission announced today.
They spent hours at the Portuguese embassy in Bangkok, but remain without solutions to return home.
About a hundred Portuguese citizens are in Thailand without knowing when or how they will return to Portugal.
Accounts heard by Expresso describe hurried escapes motivated by the current war, involving Portuguese and Brazilian citizens who had already had to flee previously. They complain about a lack of support from diplomatic entities.
The bishop of the Diocese of Coimbra said on Saturday that the Church is making assistance available to those most vulnerable due to Storm Kristin, and offered words of comfort and consolation to those who are suffering.
