How we can help if things go wrong
What if something goes badly wrong while you’re abroad? What if you’re the victim of a crime, or fall ill? What if someone close to you dies abroad, or suffers other serious misfortune? In this section we explain how we can help.
Call us if you need assistance abroad:
Our Consular Assistance team in London can be reached on:
020 7008 1500 (+44 020 7008 1500 from abroad)
This number operates 24 hours a day
'Exceptional Assistance Measures for Victims of Terrorist Incidents Overseas'
A ministerial statement (Word doc) on 2 June 2008 set out the financial assistance we may be able to offer in exceptional circumstances to British nationals affected by terrorist incidents overseas.
What to do if things go wrong
- Parental child abduction
- Missing persons
- Rape and sexual assault abroad
- Victims of crime
- Sick or injured abroad
- Information for forced marriage victims
- Arrest or detention
- Coping with death abroad
- Going abroad? Five reasons to take the British Embassy’s phone number with you:
Recent news and events
ABTA and Foreign Office forecast travel trends for 2009
30/12/2008
A new report by the Foreign Office and ABTA reveals that Turkey, Egypt and Mexico will see a significant increase in British visitors in 2009.
Travel advice to Georgia changed
10/08/2008
We have changed our travel advice to Georgia. We now advise that if you have no urgent need to stay in Georgia, you should leave as soon as possible.
LOCATE: new service to help find citizens in an emergency
16/05/2008
The FCO today launches a new service called LOCATE which will help it to track down Britons in the event of a crisis abroad.
