Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 🎄

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

And bake... Great British Bake Off contestant Nataliia Richardson make's the delicious Ukrainian Poppy Seed buns... youtube.com/shorts/lDA2ozWUIX...

Recipe in the first comment.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

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Trees have feelings too🎄 Norwegian Foreign Minister reads mean tweets about the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree youtube.com/shorts/YosabJgd9v...

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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Wishing Scots around the world a happy St. Andrew’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1 month ago | [YT] | 7

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#DidYouKnow penguins technically don’t have nationalities, but if they did, the majority of those with nationalities would be British. Discover more about the UK’s new Biodiversity Strategy ➡️ defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/28/a-new-era-…

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

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This week colleagues at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office gathered to lay a wreath in our building, honouring those who served and gave their lives in service to their country.

We remember their courage and sacrifice, and we reaffirm our commitment to the values they defended.

#LestWeForget

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 6

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Happy birthday to His Majesty The King 👑

1 month ago | [YT] | 14

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

More than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred or deported by the Russian authorities.

Today we are sanctioning those carrying out the Kremlin’s despicable policy of Russification.

We #StandWithUkraine

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

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🚨SANCTIONED: Notorious people smugglers and their enablers ⬇️ www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-notorious-… #PeopleSmugglers #Sanctions #IrregularMigration
In a world-first move, the UK has sanctioned individuals and entities linked to people smuggling to further protect Britain's borders.

This is the UK's Global Irregular Migration Sanctions Regime in action ⤵

🔴 Mohammed Tetwani - the self-styled “King of Horgos”, who brutally oversaw a migrant camp in Horgos, Serbia and led the Tetwani people-smuggling gang.

🔴 Bledar Lala - an Albanian who is in control of the ‘Belgium operations’ of an organised criminal group which smuggles migrants from Belgium across the Channel to the UK.

🔴 Alen Basil - a former police translator who went on to lead a large smuggling network in Serbia, terrorising refugees, with the aid of corrupt policemen.

These sanctions are the latest tool in the UK’s arsenal to secure Britain’s borders and deliver on the Plan for Change.

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 2

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

🌍 A world-first move from the UK. New powers to sanction people smugglers ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-brings-forward-world…

From tomorrow, people smugglers and those helping them can be hit with tough new sanctions - frozen assets, UK travel bans, and public exposure.

We’re going after the networks fuelling this deadly trade, wherever they operate.

This is the first sanctions regime of its kind in the world.

It targets not just smugglers, but the money, materials, and enablers behind them.

A major step to protect the vulnerable and tackle a key cause of irregular migration to the UK.

5 months ago | [YT] | 4