Guidance

Greece bereavement: death abroad

Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Greece.

Documents

Victim support groups in Greece

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Details

Includes information on:

  • what to do when someone dies in Greece
  • burial and cremation
  • returning bodies to the UK (repatriation)

See also coping with death abroad.

Updates to this page

Published 17 August 2016
Last updated 14 April 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added information about scattering ashes in Greece.

  2. Update organisation name to FCDO

  3. Added 2020 revised bereavement information for British nationals in Greece

  4. First published.

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