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CAIRO — The United Nations began to evacuate much of its Egypt-based staff Thursday, adding to a foreign exodus that has ramped up flights out of Cairo as an uprising shakes the nation. The U.N. said nearly 300 Egypt-based staff and their families were airlifted to Cyprus on two flights. The world body said some staffers were remaining behind to continue carrying out “essential functions.”
More than 5,000 people trying to leave Egypt converged on Cairo’s international airport Thursday, but that crowd was far smaller than those earlier in the crisis.
The United States has flown out around 2,200 Americans, including 230 who left Thursday on a flight to Frankfurt.
