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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aubrey Allegretti

Turks and Caicos head said to question UK’s alleged failure to keep residents safe

The Foreign Office will send a a royal fleet auxiliary ship to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The Foreign Office will send a a royal fleet auxiliary ship to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Photograph: Raynor Garey/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A diplomatic row has broken out over the UK’s alleged delay in helping an overseas territory combat a spate of murders and untrammelled drugs trading.

The de-facto head of state for the Turks and Caicos Islands is said to have questioned whether the UK was failing in its obligation to keep residents safe.

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