BRITS ABROAD contacted the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) last year with bizarre questions, ranging from where to buy English bacon in Europe, how to hire a butler in Lebanon, and how to avoid nudists in Spain.
The FCO has released details of the 10 strangest calls as a reminder to the travelling public that it provides only an emergency service.
The calls included:
A man planning to move to Spain was worried he would encounter nudists walking through the streets
A homesick expat asking where he could buy English bacon
A lady in Lebanon looking for help to recruit an English butler
A European filmmaker looking for an English pensioner to play a part in his film
A woman who was disappointed by the British Embassy’s failure to send someone to give her a tour of St. Petersburg on her arrival in Russia
A British man asking for assistance to get illegal employment in Singapore
A confused businessman looking for information on the construction of plug sockets
A man in South Korea asking what he could do with his old pound notes
Almost half a million calls were made to the consular service last year and the FCO assisted with numerous cases, helping 3,250 Brits who were hospitalized, 4,770 who were arrested, and the families of 3,670 who died overseas. Almost 38,000 replacement travel documents were issued.
Head of the FCO's Global Contact Centres, Kelvin Green said: ‘We receive thousands of calls a year, and do all we can to help people who find themselves in difficulty abroad. But we cannot help people make travel arrangements or lifestyle plans, lend them money, or pay medical and other bills for them. I would urge people to prepare well before they travel, making sure they have valid travel documents and insurance.’
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The FCO has released details of the 10 strangest calls as a reminder to the travelling public that it provides only an emergency service.
The calls included:
A man planning to move to Spain was worried he would encounter nudists walking through the streets
A homesick expat asking where he could buy English bacon
A lady in Lebanon looking for help to recruit an English butler
A European filmmaker looking for an English pensioner to play a part in his film
A woman who was disappointed by the British Embassy’s failure to send someone to give her a tour of St. Petersburg on her arrival in Russia
A British man asking for assistance to get illegal employment in Singapore
A confused businessman looking for information on the construction of plug sockets
A man in South Korea asking what he could do with his old pound notes
Almost half a million calls were made to the consular service last year and the FCO assisted with numerous cases, helping 3,250 Brits who were hospitalized, 4,770 who were arrested, and the families of 3,670 who died overseas. Almost 38,000 replacement travel documents were issued.
Head of the FCO's Global Contact Centres, Kelvin Green said: ‘We receive thousands of calls a year, and do all we can to help people who find themselves in difficulty abroad. But we cannot help people make travel arrangements or lifestyle plans, lend them money, or pay medical and other bills for them. I would urge people to prepare well before they travel, making sure they have valid travel documents and insurance.’
Go Holiday news : www.govillasandcottages.co.uk
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