Travel firms criticised as repatriation of British holidaymakers begins from Rhodes

Stranded Britons accuse tour operators of ‘abandoning’ them amid raging wildfires

Evacuated tourists sleep on floor in temporary accommodation in Greece
Evacuated holidaymakers slept in the Venetokleio sports hall in Rhodes
(Image credit: Damianidis Eleftherios/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Some UK airlines are continuing to sell flights to Rhodes, even as travel companies struggle to repatriate thousands of evacuated tourists while flames ravage the Greek island.

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Harriet Marsden is a writer for The Week, mostly covering UK and global news and politics. Before joining the site, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, specialising in social affairs, gender equality and culture. She worked for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, and regularly contributed articles to The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times Radio and “Woman’s Hour”. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, London, and was awarded the "journalist-at-large" fellowship by the Local Trust charity in 2021.