During a stay abroad, you may find yourself in situations where your own safety is no longer guaranteed. This can happen due to outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, political unrest, armed conflicts etc. and may not be foreseeable. Even though crisis situations will hopefully only occur in exceptional cases, it is advisable to make provisions for such situations as well.

Please inform yourself about the travel and safety advice of the German Foreign Office on their website before starting your trip and continuously during your trip and follow it.

The app "Sicher Reisen" ("Travel Safely") of the Federal Foreign Office summarizes the necessary information for a safe and smooth trip abroad in one application and can also display information tailored to your travel country as push messages. You can find the link to download the app on the website of German Foreign Office.

Please also make use of the possibility to register in the crisis precaution list of the Federal Foreign Office (electronic registration of Germans abroad - "Elefand"). The local missions abroad can, if necessary, use this to quickly contact Germans in their official district in crisis and other exceptional situations. Please save the telephone number of the local German representation abroad in your phone so that you will be able to call them quickly, if necessary. 

Further information on travel security from DAAD can be found on the website from DAAD.