just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here to jeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here, they re very keen to show that they are very invested in the humanitarian operation in sudan and for those leaving, they are given a 30 day visa on arrival here in saudi arabia. but most counties, when we came back just this morning from a long trip across the sea, across the red sea to port sudan, when we came back with about 50 people, a range of nationalities. fundamentally, the battle we are seeing going on right now is arab against arab and different clans, different regions. the danger is that elsewhere across sudan, the legacy of a long war against the south, the civil war there, means that there are all sorts of simmering ethnic disputes and the concern is that as communities try to protect themselves, we re already seeing signs in darfur that old conflicts, simmering conflicts are being reignited as communities turn
just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here tojeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here, they re very keen to show that they are very invested in the humanitarian operation in sudan and for those leaving, they are given a 30 day visa on arrival here in saudi arabia. but most counties, when we came back just this morning from a long trip across the sea, across the red sea to port sudan, when we came back with about 50 people, a range of nationalities. fundamentally, the battle we are seeing going on right now is arab against arab and different clans, different regions. the danger is that elsewhere across sudan, the legacy of a long war against the south, the civil war there, means that there are all sorts of simmering ethnic disputes and the concern is that
from the conflict. my mobile, some money and my laptop was with me. so you are here just with your clothes? yes, just the clothes. my mobile, some money and my laptop was with me. andrew harding, bbc news, port sudan. and andrew has just arrived injeddah in saudi arabia. and gave us this update. is increasingly becoming the hub for people looking to escape as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range, a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships and other nationality s ships, a lot of ferries as well, just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here tojeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here,
injeddah in saudi arabia. and gave us this update a little earlier. the fighting intensifies again in khartoum. people fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing. quite a long journey. people taking 16 to 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships and other nationalities, ships. a lot of ferries as well. just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here to jeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here. they re very keen to show that they are very invested in the humanitarian operation in sudan. and for those leaving, they are given a 30 day visa on arrival here in saudi arabia. but most countries when we came back, for instance, just this morning from a long trip across the sea, across the red sea to port sudan, when we came back with about 50 people, a range of
just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here to jeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here, they re very keen to show that they are very invested in the humanitarian operation in sudan and for those leaving, they are given a 30 day visa on arrival here in saudi arabia. but most counties, when we came back just this morning from a long trip across the sea, across the red sea to port sudan, when we came back with about 50 people, a range of nationalities. the danger is that elsewhere across sudan, the legacy of a long war against the south, the civil war there, means that there are all sorts of simmering ethnic disputes and the concern is that as communities try to protect themselves, we re already seeing signs in darfur that old conflicts, simmering conflicts are being reignited as communities turn