Foreign secretary says call centres swamped as stranded complain of scant consular assistance
The Foreign Office is facing a massive challenge to help repatriate hundreds of thousands of Britons seeking to return home, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said.There have been widespread complaints that Britons overseas have been unable to secure prompt help from British diplomatic services.
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