London: Britons currently present in Bahrain have been urged to leave the country on Thursday, as violence and protests continue.
The British government has organised charter flights to Dubai, to supplement the number of commercial flights available.
The FCO advised UK nationals without a “pressing reason” to stay to leave via the international airport on March 17 on commercial or UK-chartered flights.
Security forces with tanks have moved in on anti-government protesters, in the Gulf state’s capital Manama.
The protesters have been camped in a square in the city for weeks.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to his Bahraini counterpart to express “serious concern” at the situation on the ground.
Troops have taken over a hospital treating the wounded. Officials have imposed a curfew and banned protests.
The country’s rulers on Tuesday called in Saudi troops to keep order.
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