Not
all news are bad after all. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
just repeated their announcement in 2008 their then new service, calling
all residents' attention that they should register with this service
provided whenever they travel abroad.
The service itself is not exactly new. Each year there are between 14 to 15 million Spanish travelling abroad, and they are usually registered in every country, but not as individuals heading for specific destinations. They should and can now do so easily online. www.maec.es
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised that the registration is not to control the travellers, but to facilitate support in case of any kind of incidents. As nearly nobody ever bothered to go to the nearest Consulate to register, such lack of information of the individuals concerned would result in uncertainties, investigation and thus delaying the support or diplomatic assistance in the case of accidents, police detention, or any catastrophes natural or incidental, etc.
Travellers
are instructed to register the destination country they are visiting,
hotel or private address where they would stay, travel companion, names
and numbers of people to contact should there be necessity in the case
of any incidents or accidents.
Not sure whether all other countries are also exercising this. A real sensible thing I think. Not sure either whether or not I should register. Although I am now a resident in Spain, I am not Spanish. Besides, I got nobody to inform about anything should I drop dead abroad. What a despondent thought!
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