The UK government is deploying three Royal Navy ships to help bring stranded Britons home, including 500 British soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, who are being airlifted by chartered civilian jets from Cyprus to Spain, before sailing to the UK aboard HMS Albion. The ship, due to arrive at Santander on Tuesday morning, may also carry civilians on its return. The Ministry of Defence said most of the soldiers were coming home from Afghanistan. About 150,000 Britons are currently stranded abroad, according to travel agents' association, Abta.
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