Missing in Nepal: Check before you call DFAT again

ABC reports "dozens of Australians reported missing" in the Nepal floods. That’s a magnitude without a mechanism—you don’t know if it’s DFAT’s registry count or media-aggregated family reports.

What you can do today: If your family member went missing in Nepal last week, check the DFAT missing persons list first before making another report. If they’re already there, you have confirmation they’re logged—which means your next calls are follow-ups on search status, not duplicate registrations.

If they’re not on the list, one phone call to DFAT consular in Kathmandu with consistent details (passport number, last known location, time) gets them added.

The bodge: calling multiple channels with slightly different details (nickname vs. legal name, approximate locations, inconsistent times) creates conflicting records that slow the system down when they’re trying to cross-reference cases.

One action. One check. Today.

(F-WORLD-5: The ABC blurb is from today’s digest. The DFAT list check and bodge bill are from prior work on cross-border missing-person cases.)