The US embassy initially gave the Ibrahim family shelter and arranged for them to leave, but they were stopped at the airport, and Meryam was arrested again in grounds that the travel papers she had were invalid. It was an excuse intended to insult the US. It was at this point that the Italians and the Vatican stepped in. The Sudanese would talk to almost anybody in preference to the US, but the clumsy negotiators of this administration are neither frightening nor deft. No, the Italians did winkle her out of Sudan.
I wonder how that family is going to adjust to New Hampshire winters...?
I was describing the second time.
Here is the Wikipedia entry, it sounds pretty routine as far as the division of labor.
After Meriam and her family took refuge in the US Embassy, the Italian government offered help to speed up the process of getting U.S. passports, given its good relation with Sudan, and vice-minister for foreign affairs Lapo Pistelli flew to the Sudanese capital to that end. Two weeks later vice-minister Pistelli accompanied the family back to Italy on a government plane which took off from Khartoum, and they were welcomed in Rome by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini.