The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) takes its role of providing consular support to British nationals overseas seriously, and their safety is our top priority. As with many of our diplomatic missions across the world, our Embassy in Harare holds a Civil Contingency Plan. The Zimbabwe contingency plan focuses on assisting the departure of British nationals from Zimbabwe by non-military means and is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
The FCO Travel Advice for Zimbabwe is under constant review. We are currently advising against all travel to Zimbabwe at this time of high tension. We are advising those currently resident in Zimbabwe to continue to review their security arrangements, to keep themselves up to date with local developments and they are strongly advised to have their own contingency plan in place for how they would leave at short notice. A full copy of the Travel Advice can be found at:
www.fco.gov.uk/travel/zimbabwe.
If the situation in Zimbabwe deteriorates further, we will reflect this in our Travel Advice and provide appropriate guidance.