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

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 Somalia, the only member state with a resident diplomatic mission is Italy. The other EU Member States have non-resident representations to Somalia from Embassies and Missions around the region (for example Kenya, Ethiopia). 1 EU Member State has an Honorary Consul in Somalia.

Are you an EU citizen in need of consular protection in Somalia? 

• You can contact your EU Member State’s Embassy/Consulate/Honorary Consul who will be able to provide consular protection. 

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

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 Somalia cannot provide direct consular assistance.

You can find contact details of the resident and non-resident EU Member States Embassies/Consulates in Somalia in the document below.