How can we get home? Brits stranded abroad despair at official advice

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How can we get home? Brits stranded abroad despair at official advice
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Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the foreign secretary’s call for UK travellers to return ignores the reality of cancelled flights, lockdowns and information blackouts

The foreign secretary’s call for up to a million British people abroad to return to the UK immediately was met with anger and dismay by stranded holidaymakers around the world. Travellers who have been desperately trying to get home for nearly two weeks say the Foreign Office advice, updated on 23 March, is all well and good, but with borders and airports closing and no repatriation flights, it’s impossible for many to follow the advice.

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