Contingency Planning for Citizens Overseas

Date Shared:

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 16:47

Countries and areas:

United States

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 13: Climate action

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 14: Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Germany-Morocco 2017-2018

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Migrant Protection and Assistance, Climate Change and Disaster Displacement

Summary:

The US offers contingency planning for its citizens overseas.

The concept of consular assistance has been extended beyond the core disasters and provides assistance in case of hospitalization, death of a family member, victimization of a crime. In every country, the US has contingencies for possible crisis (hurricanes, nuclear disaster, flooding, rioting, civil unrest) and undertake exercises every year or two to update them, involving the US military and the US country.

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For more information:

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2017 - Thematic Workshop on the GFMD contribution to the GCM