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<p>Repatriating British travellers from Pakistan is a priority for the UK Government
and we have been working closely with the Pakistani government and airlines to ensure
British travellers can return home. Since the outbreak in Wuhan, we estimate that
over 1.3 million people have returned to the UK via commercial routes - the majority
supported by our work to keep vital routes open. Additionally we have brought home
over 35,800 people on 170 flights organised by the Foreign Office from 36 countries
and territories of which over 4,400 British travellers and their direct dependents
have been repatriated on 21 flights from Pakistan.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth
Office (FCO) does not have a central registration system for British travellers who
wish to return to the UK so we are unable to estimate how many travellers either UK
Nationals or residents of Scotland remain. It is difficult to be more precise because
there have been instances of multiple registrations by the same individual, people
not reporting their return to the UK via other means, and long term residents registering
for flights even though they were not eligible. British travellers are only asked
to register for flights with Corporate Travel Management when charter flights have
been announced for a country. Anyone who registered on the booking portal for a UK
charter flight has been offered an opportunity to pay for a seat. Those eligible people
who paid were offered seats on flights back to the UK. Any British travellers who
did not register or pay for a seat but now wish to return to the UK are being encouraged
to use commercial options.</p><p>We have been liaising closely with Scottish Government
colleagues and updating them on our repatriation programme.</p>
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