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Arrest and prison abroad

What happens if someone is arrested or imprisoned abroad

Consulates and embassies

The role of UK embassies, consulates and high commissions overseas and the help they can provide

Drugs

The pitfalls and penalties you face if you get involved with drugs abroad

Victims of crime abroad

Help available from British Consuls if you are a victim of crime while travelling overseas  

When someone dies abroad (government, citizens and rights section)

If someone dies overseas you can get help from the British authorities in the UK and abroad