Are you an EU citizen in Burkina Faso? Learn more about your right to consular protection and how you can benefit from it in Burkina Faso.

As an EU citizen, you can take simple steps to make consular protection more effective, for example:

• Following the travel advice issued by your country’s Foreign Ministry.

• When abroad, registering with your Embassy or Consulate and/or through dedicated platforms, if applicable. 

Other tips include keeping an electronic copy of your travel documents, subscribing to a travel insurance or saving crisis contact details. 

However, situations can arise in which you need consular protection.  Consular protection is the help an EU Member State can provide to its citizens in case they need assistance abroad. Typically, consular protection can include cases such as:

• A need for emergency travel documents;

• A serious accident or serious illness;

• Relief and repatriation in case of an emergency;

• Being a victim of crime;

• Arrest or detention;

• Death of a family member or other companion.

In Burkina Faso, 7 EU Member States have a resident Embassy (Allemagne, Belgique, Danemark, France, Italie, Luxembourg and Pays-Bas)

Are you an EU citizen in need of consular protection in Burkina Faso? 

• You can contact your resident Embassy/Consulate able to provide consular protection. 

• If your EU Member State has no resident Embassy/Consulate able to provide consular protection in Burkina Faso, you can turn to another EU Member State for consular protection.

You need not worry if you are not covered by such specific arrangements: any EU citizen abroad whose own Member State has no local representation is entitled to consular protection from the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU Member State, under the same conditions as the nationals of that other EU Member State. So should you need consular protection, you are entitled to turn to any other EU Member State for consular protection. 

Please note however that the EU Delegation in Burkina Faso cannot provide direct consular assistance.

You can find below contact details of the resident EU Member States Embassies.

For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU.