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<p>British nationals and UK residents who are overseas and wish to return to the UK,
but cannot afford travel costs and have no other options for getting funds to return
home, may apply for an emergency loan from the government as a last resort. Only basic
costs can be included in a loan, usually the cheapest one-way ticket to the UK. The
FCO usually issues around 250 emergency repatriation loans per year. As of 22 April
we estimate that over 750 loans have been issued this year. Some loans are still being
processed. Since 7 April 2020, the FCO has been working with Corporate Travel Management
(CTM), which is authorised to administer such loans on behalf of the FCO, to extend
the FCO's capacity to consider loan requests from British nationals.</p><p>The welfare
of British nationals remains our top priority, and we remain committed to ensuring
that British travellers around the globe are able to return home.</p>
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