Sam Tester is the Operations Manager for Homeland International, in the UK, a specialist provider of international repatriation services to funeral directors, private families and corporate clients.

Case study: Covid-related travel restrictions make for a difficult funeral repatriation

Homeland International describes a particularly tricky case of funeral repatriation from Angola to Egypt, where low flight availability due to Covid travel restrictions had to be carefully manoeuvred to lay…

Case study: repatriating mortal remains from Iraq to India

Sam Tester at Homeland International explores the intricacies and challenges involved in repatriating mortal remains through the example of a recent case that involved a transportation from Iraq to India

Funeral companies prep for Brexit

Sam Tester, Operations Manager at Homeland International, ponders how Brexit could impact the funeral and repatriation sector