More than 15 million English each year traveling around the world have a new tool to keep your vacation into a nightmare. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation opens this summer a system for sending messages to mobile phones for those who surprised an emergency situation at your destination.
This service, which took off last Wednesday, is designed to send information and specific recommendations to English that have been previously registered in the Ministry of Travelers, but yes, "only in situations of crisis" as an attack, natural disaster, a coup or riots.
In such situations, allow SMS messages more quickly notify the English who are in a given country to "avoid a particular area" where they can be at risk "or are directed to a certain point to be made saved. " Foreign
took some time thinking about introducing this system already operates in other European countries, recognized the officer, who indicated that it was not until this summer when the software development necessary was completed to bring the service up.
To benefit from this service need only register in the Register Traveler web page of the Ministry and provide a mobile number and email address where you want to receive messages, and personal data, information on the country and places to be visited, where they will host one, how family members would travel and to whom to contact in case of emergency.
This will facilitate the work of the consular services in case they have to come into contact with the English who have traveled abroad and seeks two objectives: to prevent a hazard warning of what areas to avoid and, if the traveler is already in a state of emergency, "to facilitate their attendance."
Although not officially mentioned, these messages allow mobile Affairs to step out of the criticism about lack of information and poor coordination that will lead tourists usually irritated because an emergency situation has ruined their holiday.
This software application is the most prominent new feature of the fourth edition of the campaign 'Your embassy can help you' , the Government released every summer since 2006. Minister Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Angel Moratinos, presented last Thursday at Terminal 4 of Barajas Airport (Madrid) and the new Terminal 1 at El Prat (Barcelona).
This service, which took off last Wednesday, is designed to send information and specific recommendations to English that have been previously registered in the Ministry of Travelers, but yes, "only in situations of crisis" as an attack, natural disaster, a coup or riots.
In such situations, allow SMS messages more quickly notify the English who are in a given country to "avoid a particular area" where they can be at risk "or are directed to a certain point to be made saved. " Foreign
took some time thinking about introducing this system already operates in other European countries, recognized the officer, who indicated that it was not until this summer when the software development necessary was completed to bring the service up.
To benefit from this service need only register in the Register Traveler web page of the Ministry and provide a mobile number and email address where you want to receive messages, and personal data, information on the country and places to be visited, where they will host one, how family members would travel and to whom to contact in case of emergency.
This will facilitate the work of the consular services in case they have to come into contact with the English who have traveled abroad and seeks two objectives: to prevent a hazard warning of what areas to avoid and, if the traveler is already in a state of emergency, "to facilitate their attendance."
Although not officially mentioned, these messages allow mobile Affairs to step out of the criticism about lack of information and poor coordination that will lead tourists usually irritated because an emergency situation has ruined their holiday.
This software application is the most prominent new feature of the fourth edition of the campaign 'Your embassy can help you' , the Government released every summer since 2006. Minister Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Angel Moratinos, presented last Thursday at Terminal 4 of Barajas Airport (Madrid) and the new Terminal 1 at El Prat (Barcelona).
FUNCTIONS OF EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES
Moratinos stressed that the campaign aims to inform more than 15 million English people who travel each year around the world, but also the million and a half of English citizens living permanently in the foreign embassies that the 129, 187 consulates general and honorary consulates 375 English can do for them, but also what they can not do.
Among other things, services Consular officers can issue passports or laissez-passer in the event of expiry, loss or theft, to report medical services and legal education in the country, provide assistance to prisoners; forward, in an extraordinary way, the money necessary for any needs, including repatriation, make entries in the registry office, powers and issuing affidavits or legalization of documents.
can not do functions instead of a travel agency, get a job abroad, to guarantee in a hospital or in prison better treatment than that accorded to nationals of that country, guarantee, loan money or pay fines or make interpreter, guide or social.
The minister encouraged the English who are traveling abroad to consult before starting travel recommendations contained in the website of the Ministry to see if they plan to move to a troubled country, which is the current situation in that country and if There is "some difficulty".
Affairs has distributed to travel agents and the five airports with international flights in the country on the campaign brochures.
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