Where British passports get lost or stolen the most

Thousands of British people get into difficulty on their travels each year, requiring consular assistance. Losing a passport is one of the most serious and inconvenient mishaps for people abroad. Replacing a lost or stolen passport would cost about £78 and involve getting an emergency travel document through a difficult bureaucratic process. Spain comes first for British passports getting lost or stolen each year, followed by the United States and France. Read more in the indy100.

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This chart shows total UK passports lost or stolen and reported to HM Passport Office in 2014/15.

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