All U.S Embassy personnel in non-emergency positions and family members of U.S Embassy personnel who were evacuated as a result of the initial conflict have been authorized to return to Eritrea.

Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "People have evacuated Eritrea at some point in time."?

Pick from: (1). Yes (2). It's impossible to say (3). No
I think the answer is
(1).