EU Consular Protection Outside European Union
The passport note No. 5 at the passport note page of BNO passport have the following sentence: "If you need consular assistance when you are outside the European Union in a country where there is no British Embassy or Consulate, you can get help from the Embassy or Consulate of other Member State of the European Union". Moreover, according to a publication of Foreign and Commonwealth Office titled "Support for British nationals abroad, a Guide", it mentioned that "If you need consular assistance in one of the few countries where there is no British Embassy, High Commission, or Consulate, you are entitled to ask for help from the Embassy or Consulate of any other European Union Member State. They must provide whatever assistance they would provide to one of their own nationals". Therefore, like British Citizens, British National (Overseas) may enjoy consular protection of the European Union where they are at a country outside European Union without British Embassy or mission.:
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