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Travel alerts
Swine flu pandemic
27 April 2009
We've created advice on H1N1 (Swine Flu) which is worth checking before you go. It has advice for before, during and after your travel, as well as signposting to more information on the virus
When things go wrong
What if something goes wrong while you’re abroad? Find out how we can help, and what you should do next.
- Going abroad? Five reasons to take the British Embassy’s phone number with you:
- Sick or injured abroad
- Arrest or detention
- Victims of crime
- Rape and sexual assault abroad
- Coping with death abroad
- Information for forced marriage victims
- Missing persons
- Parental child abduction
- Victims of terrorist incidents
Your trip
What kind of traveller are you?
- Backpackers
- Festivals abroad
- Women travellers
- LGBT travellers
- Disabled travellers
- Winter, water and extreme sports
- Overseas weddings and civil partnerships
- Hajj pilgrims
- Visiting friends and family abroad
- Travelling abroad for medical treatment
- Travelling football fans
- Cruise ship passengers
- Antarctica visitors
Be a responsible tourist
We'd like everyone to have care-free holidays but it's important to be aware of things for your own benefit and that of others.
Births, deaths, marriages
How to register births and deaths overseas and information on overseas weddings or civil partnerships
Also in this section
- Travel alerts
- Passports
- Staying safe and healthy
- Living overseas
- About the Know Before You Go Campaign
- Consular feedback questionnaires
Help & Support
For assistance abroad you can call our Consular Assistance team in London on:
020 7008 1500
or email:
More numbers can be found on our Contact Us page