In brief...: Shame of Brits abroad

Aug 15 2008

Bad behaviour by Britons abroad has seen a soaring number of arrests in Spain and France, Foreign Office figures showed.

Britons on foreign trips have also fallen foul of the authorities in the USA and the United Arab Emirates, the FO statistics showed.

The country in which British travellers are most likely to end up in hospital is Thailand, the FO said.

The FO said that many of the arrests abroad were caused by "excessive drinking" while many of the hospital stays in Thailand were the result of motorbike accidents.