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The UK 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.
Raab said as many as 1 million people may be returning to the UK, with or without FCO help.
We are here to help the more than 100,000 Europeans stranded abroad to return home. We work closely with national governments on bringing them back to the . In times like this it’s good to be part of a strong community: our European Union! pic.twitter.com/PYqL2K0a6i
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Colombia has become the latest country to block the entrance of all non-citizens, Reuters reports. The restriction will begin this weekend in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, President Ivan Duque said on Thursday.
The Andean country earlier this week closed its land and water borders and limited entry through airports to citizens and foreigners who are residents. Citizens will still be allowed to return, Duque said in a televised address.
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