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Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad

Asked by David ReedConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 19753

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2026 to question 17245, to what countries and on what date has the Rapid Deployment Team been sent to provide consular assistance.

Answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office deploys Rapid Deployment Teams when additional support is needed following a crisis or major incident affecting British nationals overseas. Further to my reply on 15 July 2026 to Question 17245, I refer the Honourable Member to the table below, which lists the countries and locations where Rapid Deployment Teams have provided assistance since 2011, the earliest year for which data is available.

Year

Month

Countries and locations

Crisis

2011

April

Morocco

Marrakesh bombing

October

Thailand

Floods

2012

January

Italy

Costa Concordia

February

France

Reims bus crash

November

Israel and Cyprus

Gaza-Israel political crisis

November

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Political crisis

2013

January

Algeria

Hostage crisis

April

France

Alpe d'Huez bus crash

July

Egypt

Political crisis

September

Kenya

Westgate shopping centre attack

November

Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan

December

South Sudan

Evacuation

2014

February

Ukraine

Ukraine Crisis

May

Thailand

Military coup

July

Israel

Gaza-Israel

July

Ukraine and the Netherlands

MH17 plane crash

July

Tunisia and Malta

Libyan rebel insurgency

October

Nepal

Annapurna avalanche

December

Philippines

Typhoon Hagupit

2015

April

Djibouti

Yemen Crisis

April

Nepal

Earthquake

June

Tunisia

Sousse terrorist attack

November

Egypt

Sharm El Sheikh airport crisis

November

France

Paris attacks

2016

March

Belgium

Brussels attacks

July

South Sudan

Evacuation

2017

January

The Gambia

Political unrest

July

France

Nice attacks

July

Turkey

Military coup

September

Multiple European countries

Monarch airlines collapse

September

Multiple Caribbean countries

Hurricanes Irma and Maria

November

Indonesia

Bali volcano eruption

2018

August

Indonesia

Lombok earthquake

2019

April

Sri Lanka

Bombings

August

Hong Kong

Political unrest

September

The Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian

September

Multiple countries across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, North America and the Caribbean

Thomas Cook collapse

2020

February

China, Cuba, Spain, Peru and Japan

Coronavirus response

August

Lebanon

Beirut port explosion

2021

February

Myanmar

Military coup

August

Afghanistan, Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates

Evacuation

2022

February

Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova

Ukraine response

2023

April

Sudan, Cyprus and Saudi Arabia

Evacuation

July

Greece

Wildfires

July

France

Niger coup

August

Egypt

Violent reprisals

October

Israel, Cyprus, Jordan and Egypt

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories crisis

2024

July

Jamaica and Grenada

Hurricane Beryl

September

Lebanon and Cyprus

Lebanon crisis

2025

June

Israel, Jordan, Cyprus and Egypt

Israel-Iran crisis

October

Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa

2026

March

Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar

Assisted Departures

May

Spain

Hantavirus response

August

Nepal

Flood response

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