countries to pay for their accommodation, put them on commercialflights or accommodation, put them on commercial flights or special charters to leave. saudi arabia does not want a major displacement camp being set up here injeddah or anywhere else in saudi arabia. but it is playing an absolutely key role in this evacuation from port sudan. about a 12 hour crossing from where we are now, more than 200 nautical miles, and we will be heading that way shortly. that is one of the main routes for people fleeing. in their thousands trying to flee the fighting, especially as the end of this imperfect ceasefire nears. this is one of the major rescue routes here tojeddah on the red sea. lyse doucet. with more on this let s go to my colleague in the newsroom david wallace lockhart.
it s a slightly strange feeling to be standing here on this island in the footprints of so many. looking at all those objects, i could just imagine the pain, the sacrifice and the strength needed to make this journey. a pain that feels in so many ways familiar. i come from the northern part of the country. we lived there for a while, and in 1994, there were ethnic conflicts, so we were internally displaced. everything happened very quickly. we couldn t pick any of our possessions, we lost everything, we ended up in a displacement camp. so, when i saw that some of the migrants took with them samples of soil of their homelands, i can very much relate to that. i know how it feels to lose
of so many. looking at all those objects, i could just imagine the pain, the sacrifice and the strength needed to make this journey. a pain that feels in so many ways familiar. i come from the northern part of the country. we lived there for a while, and in 1994, there were ethnic conflicts, so we were internally displaced. everything happened very quickly. we couldn t pick any of our possessions, we lost everything, we ended up in a displacement camp. so, when i saw that some of the migrants took with them samples of soil of their homelands, i can very much relate to that. i know how it feels to lose your home and to be far away from home.
i come from the northern part of the country. we lived there for a while, and in 1994, there were ethnic conflicts, so we were internally displaced. everything happened very quickly. we couldn t pick any of our possessions, we lost everything, we ended up in a displacement camp. so, when i saw that some of the migrants took with them samples of soil of their homelands, i can very much relate to that. i know how it feels to lose your home and to be far away from home. coming here, i realised the impossibility of finding people through items like these samples of soil, so i asked giacomo if there is anything more tangible i can use.
journey. a pain that feels in so many ways familiar. i come from the northern part of the country. we lived there for a while, and in 1994, there were ethnic conflicts, so we were internally displaced. we couldn t pick any of our possessions, we lost everything, we ended up in a displacement camp. so, when i saw that some of the migrants took with them samples of soil of their homelands, i can very much relate to that. i know how it feels to lose your home and to be far away from home. coming here, i realised possibility to find people through soil, so i asked giacomo if there is anything