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'We just want to get home' - dozens stranded in Tunisia after cancelled Belfast flight
The McCartney family arrived in Tunisia on 15 August for a week-long break but said they are now paying more than £4,000 to get home
Dozens of people from Northern Ireland have been left stranded in Tunisia after their EasyJet flight back to Belfast was cancelled and the airline told them it had no other flights available for another 10 days.
A number of people have scrambled for alternative journeys back to Northern Ireland, with one man saying he has spent more than £4,000 to get his family of five home.
Some told BBC News NI of passengers running out of medication since the cancellation on Saturday, while others criticised EasyJet over a lack of support and communication.
EasyJet has said it is operating an additional direct flight to Belfast on Tuesday night, and that it was "very sorry" for the inconvenience.
BBC News NI understands more than 100 people were booked onto the cancelled flight that was due to leave Enfidha-Hamamet Airport three days ago.
Stuart McCartney, from Dromore, County Down, said he had spent thousands on accommodation and flights to get his family home via a flight to Brussels.
"I'm willing to pay £4,000 to get us home, if needs be, and then battle for reimbursement if I have to after that," he said.
"But we shouldn't have to pay. My holiday was a fraction of what I'm paying to get home right now."
McCartney said EasyJet provided two nights of accommodation but then told the family to find alternative accommodation for the rest of the delay.