European citizens can have consular protection from any European embassy. So i made a map that shows every country with at least one European embassy.

I am somewhat wondering if in e.g. Lesotho the embassy in South Africa is responsible for Lesotho, too? Or does not one EU-country have some form of diplomatic ties with Lesotho?

Comment by Muzle84 at 19/02/2021 at 20:32 UTC

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**European citizens can have consular protection from any European embassy.**

Holly crap! TIL and that's wonderful!

Comment by honecker at 19/02/2021 at 20:14 UTC*

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I think you can only have consular protection from another EU country *if* your own country doesn't have a consulate in the country you're in.

Edit: source[1].

1: https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/eu-citizenship/consular-protection_en

Comment by [deleted] at 19/02/2021 at 19:58 UTC

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Why doesn't Bhutan have any European embassy? I heard it's difficult to be a tourist there, but even North Korea has embassies (mostly from post-communist countries but still)

Comment by ExtremeProfession at 19/02/2021 at 19:17 UTC

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non-EU European countries: **are we a joke to you**

Comment by pi3141592653589 at 19/02/2021 at 19:04 UTC

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Why isn't there any European embassy in Bhutan? It is a major tourist attraction.

Comment by BompKadunk at 19/02/2021 at 19:12 UTC

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pouts in British

Comment by JLink100 at 19/02/2021 at 20:28 UTC

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North Korea has an European Embassy?

Comment by simkram12 at 19/02/2021 at 19:20 UTC

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Didn’t know that

Comment by mpg111 at 19/02/2021 at 19:27 UTC

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There is "European Union Delegation in Georgetown, Guyana" - and head of mission is "Ambassador Jernej Videtič" - does it count?

Comment by NobleAzorean at 19/02/2021 at 19:59 UTC

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Actually did not know this. Its good to know.

Comment by GoldenHourTraveler at 19/02/2021 at 20:16 UTC

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One thing I found out recently - if you are a double citizen, and in your (non-EU) country of citizenship, you might not have the same protections.

Comment by FUZxxl at 19/02/2021 at 20:48 UTC

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Why is Taiwan not red?

Comment by Filibut at 19/02/2021 at 22:32 UTC

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Most of the red ones had one before brexit I guess

Comment by Pro_Yankee at 19/02/2021 at 21:48 UTC

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Wtf Guyana

Comment by dunequestion at 19/02/2021 at 20:07 UTC

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When I discovered that capital punishment is legal and still used in several American states, I actually Google'd European embassies back then in those states in case I ever went there and the muppets started considering me a terrorist or wanted to legally kill me because of weed or something I don't know.