According to the British Gazette, the overseas oil worker, Paul Rookes, a technician for Libyan company Taknia, has been trapped in the Libyan desert since the coronavirus crisis hit five months ago. 

Paul has been working in the offshore fabrication industry, power industry, and oil industry since the early 1980s, the newspaper stated

Paul is unable to get a domestic flight from the desert to Mitiga Airport, in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. To top it off, Paul’s wages have been stopped as a result of the crisis. He said his local MP – Chancellor Rishi Sunak – and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are aware of his position but has yet to get answers as to how his situation can be resolved.