Using the FCDO website, you can get advice and warnings about travel abroad, including entry requirements, safety and security, health risks and legal differences.
The Foreign Office has issued a warning and says “do not travel” to 69 countries across the globe. Using the FCDO website, you can get advice and warnings about travel abroad, including entry requirements, safety and security, health risks and legal differences.
The FCDO has issued various travel warnings, including advice against “all travel” and “all but essential travel” to entire countries or parts of countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, as many as 69 are currently flagged. If you choose to make the journey against FCDO advice, travel insurance will be invalidated, and there may be a lack of consular support in the event of an emergency overseas.
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Some of the nations – like Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine – are obvious, but some areas like Brazil may have warnings which are lesser-known.
Afghanistan
You should not travel to Afghanistan. The security situation is volatile. Travel throughout Afghanistan is extremely dangerous and border crossings may not be open.
Belarus
FCDO advises against all travel to Belarus. You face a significant risk of arrest if you have at any time engaged in any activity now considered illegal by the Belarusian regime.
Algeria
All travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia
Burkina Faso
FCDO advises against all travel to Burkina Faso, except to the capital, Ouagadougou. FCDO advises against all but essential travel to Ouagadougou, up to the toll booths on all roads out of the city. This is due to the threat of terrorist attacks and terrorist kidnap, and the unstable political situation in the country.
Angola
Cabinda Province, except Cabinda city as well as Border areas in Lunda Norte Province
Armenia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Armenia. They explain: “The border with Azerbaijan remains closed. FCDO advises against all travel to within 5km of the entire eastern border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, due to tensions between the 2 countries.” They add that they also advise “against all travel along the M16/H26 road between the towns of Ijevan and Noyemberyan, due to border tensions.”
Azerbaijan
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Azerbaijan. This includes the Azerbaijan-Armenia border as well as Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas
Benin
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Benin including the Northern border regions
Burundi
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Burundi. This includes Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces, Kayanza Province, Bujumbura Rural Province, Melchior Ndadaye International Airport to Cibitoke and Rusizi National Park
Cameroon
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Cameroon. This includes Bakassi Peninsula, Cameroon-Central African Republic border, Limbé, Cameroon-Nigeria border, Cameroon-Chad border, Far-North Region, North-West Region, South-West Region as well as North Region, Adamawa Region and Maroua
Brazil
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Brazil in the Amazonas State
Central African Republic
FCDO advises against all travel to the whole of the Central African Republic, including the areas of Bimbo, Begoua and Coline, except to the capital, Bangui.
Haiti
FCDO advises against all travel to Haiti.
Iran
FCDO advises against all travel to Iran.
Israel
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Israel.
Lebanon
FCDO advises against all travel to Lebanon.
Uganda
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of western Uganda
Moldova
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Moldova.
Ukraine
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Ukraine. They also note that they advise against all but essential travel to parts of Ukraine.
Kurdistan Region of Iraq
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to KRI.
Colombia
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Libya
FCDO advises against all travel to Libya
Niger:
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Niger.
Russia
FCDO advises against all travel to Russia.
Nigeria
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Nigeria.
South Sudan
FCDO advises against all travel to South Sudan.
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FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Sudan.
Mali
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mali.
Yemen
FCDO advises against all travel to Yemen.
Philippines
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Philippines.
Ecuador
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Ecuador.
Western Sahara
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Western Sahara.
Bangladesh
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Bangladesh.
New Caledonia
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to New Caledonia.
North Korea
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to North Korea
Egypt
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Egypt
Chad
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Chad
Congo
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Congo.
Ethiopia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Ethiopia. They also advise against all but essential travel to parts of Ethiopia.
Mexico
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Mexico.
Indonesia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Indonesia.
Mauritania
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mauritania.
Myanmar (Burma)
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Myanmar (Burma).
Papua New Guinea
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Papua New Guinea.
Peru
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Peru.
Tanzania
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Tanzania.
Tunisia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Tunisia.
Turkey
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Turkey.
Venezuela
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Venezuela
Thailand
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Thailand.
Mozambique
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mozambique. They also advise against all but essential travel to parts of Mozambique.
Côte d’Ivoire
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Côte d’Ivoire.
Georgia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Georgia.
Djibouti
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Djibouti.
Eritrea
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Eritrea.
Syria
FCDO advises against all travel to Syria
Ghana
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Ghana.
Guatemala
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Guatemala.
Kenya
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Kenya.
Kosovo
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Kosovo.
Laos
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Laos
Saudi Arabia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Saudi Arabia
Somalia
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Somalia.
Togo
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Togo.
Malaysia
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Malaysia.
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of The Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Jordan
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Jordan.
Iraq
FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Anbar province which are west of, but not including Ramadi City, Basra province (except for Basra city), Diyala province except for Baqubah City, Kirkuk province, Ninawa province, Salah al-Din province, Sadr City, part of Baghdad province and the parts of Baghdad province which are south of the Airport Road as well as within 30km of federal Iraq’s borders with Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the remainder of Anbar province, the remainder of Baghdad province, Basra city, Karbala Province, the remainder of Najaf Province, Babil Province, Al-Qadasiyah Province, Dhi Qar Province, Baqubah City in Diyala province, the remainder of Wasit Province, the remainder of Maysan Province and the remainder of Al-Muthanna Province.
