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It is difficult to estimate what the financial liability
of such a guarantee would be. Certainly repatriation would only
be authorised as a last resort. One possibility that we are
looking at to keep costs as low as possible would be to impound a
repatriate's passport and issue an emergency one journey
document.
4.
The example of BOC passport holders to which you refer is
not helpful. If all else fails we would repatriate a BOC to a Commonwealth country with which we have reciprocal agreements and
where the local authorities may assist us with a recovery of
repatriation expenses. It is extremely unlikely we would consider repatriation of a BOC to a non-Commonwealth country.
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