What would happen to diplomatic staff if the regime in their homeland was overthrown?

sandyRoe | 18:27 Sat 04th Feb 2012 | ChatterBank

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Could they claim refugee status in whatever country they had been serving in?

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boxtops

what, you mean if our embassies overseas were stranded because something happened in the UK?

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No. Say the staff in the Libyan Embassy. If the couldn't go back home?

humbersloop

Sandy, looks like an "each case will be considered on its merits" situation in the UK because their original diplomatic status would have exempted them from the usual immigration controls.

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