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

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 (see below). 

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.

No EU Member States have an Embassy in Eswatini, however, 11 EU Member States have Honorary Consuls in Eswatini, who can offer limited consular protection. These are: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Slovakia have embassies in Pretoria, South Africa. Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden have embassies in Maputo, Mozambique.

Citizens of Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta and Slovenia do not have embassies in the Southern Africa region. 

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

• You can contact your resident Honorary Consul or Embassy in South Africa/Mozambique. 

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 that the EU Delegation to Eswatini cannot provide direct consular assistance. However, EU Citizens can contact the EU Delegation for advice via telephone +268 2404 2018 or delegation-eswatini@eeas.europa.eu. EU Citizens needing assistance to contact their Embassy outside working hours can call +268 7809 1342 (emergencies only).

You can find contact details of the resident EU Member States Honorary Consuls in Eswatini and Embassies in South Africa and Mozambique in this document:

For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU.