Nine British Soveriegn Posts to Close, Tonga, Vanuata, Kiribati, Paraguay, the Bahamas, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar and East Timor.
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... the British Foreign Office has announced the closure of nine of its, shall we say, sleepier outposts - Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Paraguay, the Bahamas, Lesotho and Swaziland among them
BBC Article
ASIA PACIFIC
Port Vila (Vanuatu)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. Cover from Suva (Fiji)
Nuku’alofa (Tonga)
Close. Cover from Suva (Fiji)
Dili (East Timor)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. Cover from Jakarta. (Indonesia)
Tarawa (Kiribati) (currently a locally staffed post)
Close. Cover from Suva (Fiji)
AMERICAS
Asuncion (Paraguay)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. Cover from Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Nassau (Bahamas)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul with additional local staff support for consular work. Cover from Kingston (Jamaica)
AFRICA
Maseru (Lesotho)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. Cover from Pretoria (South Africa)
Mbabane (Swaziland)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. Cover from Pretoria (South Africa)
Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Close. Appoint Honorary Consul. cover from Port Louis (Mauritius)
British Foreign Office
I'm not an expert on British Foriegn Policy, but as far as I know - a soveriegn post is commonly called an embassy, and a subordinate post as a consulate. Most of these nine embassies will be replaced by consulates - so in reality it will mean little difference for British travellers in these places.
Additionally many consulates are being localised - I think this means that they will employ local staff rather than British staff.
The British government expect to save 6 million pounds - about 12 million american pesos (GWB's Dollar) - in this move - which will be spent in the worlds hotspots instead.
I hope the mainstream news will explain things better than the BBC's current article as many of these places are popular with travellers.
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