The world has suddenly closed. Borders are difficult to cross, airports sometimes closed, trapping hundreds of thousands of tourists far from home and millions of expatriates in their adopted country. For the latter, the situation, admittedly unprecedented, often has nothing very frightening. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has also asked the three million French " permanently settled abroad " to stay at home, as far as possible. Most European countries have done the same, incapable in any case of ensuring the return of such a mass of citizens.
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For French tourists traveling abroad, who would be between 110 and 130,000, the minister asked for " patience " and " coolness ", the time to resolve " this difficult question ". Great Britain, Spain, Ukraine and the United States face the same challenge, while the airlines close more daily services. Everyone manages in
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