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The UK and Andorra launch Youth Mobility Scheme, 31 January 2024.

• Updated: 1 February 2024

The Youth Mobility Scheme will strengthen links between people and cultures from both countries.

• Updated: 31 January 2024

Information about claiming compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Paris France on 2 December 2022.

• Updated: 22 December 2023

Information about claiming compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Murcia, Spain on 17 September 2021.

• Updated: 8 December 2023

Information about claiming compensation if you were a victim of the terrorist attack in Uganda on 17 October 2023.

• Updated: 27 October 2023

The first UK government facilitated flights arrive in the UK and Cyprus.

• Updated: 14 October 2023

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announces that the UK will facilitate flights to help British citizens wanting to leave Israel.

• Updated: 12 October 2023

We are looking for an Honorary Consul with an established network in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo). An Honorary Consul is a voluntary position.

• Updated: 11 September 2023

New sanctions target 6 figures involved in the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is facing 25 years in a penal colony after the rejection of his appeal.

• Updated: 31 July 2023

New government campaign encourages British people travelling abroad to check their travel insurance cover.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is moving fee payments for visa applications to online platforms as the facility to make cash payments discontinues.

• Updated: 10 May 2023

The UK government has concluded its successful evacuation operation and announced that it will provide £5 million of lifesaving aid to people fleeing Sudan.

• Updated: 4 May 2023

The UK government has evacuated 2,197 people to safety from Sudan, in the longest and largest airlift by any Western nation during the crisis.

• Updated: 1 May 2023

Exceptional additional flight from Port Sudan announced, as total number of people evacuated reaches 2122.

• Updated: 30 April 2023

1,888 people have been airlifted to safety by UK evacuation, as the focus turns to supporting those remaining in Sudan.

• Updated: 29 April 2023

The final UK evacuation flight from Wadi Saeedna airfield near Khartoum in Sudan is due to leave on Saturday (29 April) due to declining demand for seats.

• Updated: 28 April 2023

Giles Lever will support the UK’s diplomatic regional response to Sudan from British Embassy in Ethiopia.

• Updated: 27 April 2023

The government is starting evacuations to help British nationals leave Sudan, prioritising families with children, older people and those with medical conditions.

• Updated: 25 April 2023

Minister for International Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell gave an update to the House of Commons on the government's response to the situation in Sudan.

• Updated: 24 April 2023

Follow social media accounts of the British Embassy and Consulate-Generals in China.

• Updated: 24 April 2023