Canadians stranded in Egypt: Should Ottawa pay for their flight home?
- January 30, 2011 4:45 PM |
- By POV
Passengers stranded by the curfew and thus prevented from entering the Egyptian capital sleep at Cairo airport, early Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. (Bertrand Combaldieu/ Associated Press)
By CBC News
The Canadian government is putting together a plan to send charter planes to Egypt to bring Canadians out of the country, CBC News has learned.
Details are unclear, but sources told CBC that travellers would have to repay the government for the cost of their flights.
Earlier Sunday the department said Canadians "should consider leaving if their presence is not necessary."
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