When planning a vacation, it’s sensible to examine these three issues earlier than you allow for the airport: your passport is in date, journey insurance coverage remains to be legitimate and also you’re travelling to someplace protected in line with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Political conflicts, pure disasters and security issues are among the many causes the UK Foreign Office will suggest British nationals keep away from sure locations.
The FCDO has issued varied journey warnings, together with recommendation towards “all journey” and “all however important journey” to whole international locations or elements of nations in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America.
Of 226 international locations or territories with international journey recommendation pages, 72 are presently flagged as having no-go zones on account of safety points, well being dangers and authorized variations with the UK.
Should you select to make the journey towards FCDO recommendation, journey insurance coverage can be invalidated, and there could also be an absence of consular assist within the occasion of an emergency abroad.
Right here is the total listing of nations on the International Workplace’s ‘do not travel’ list to examine earlier than you propose a visit.
FCDO advises towards all journey
- Afghanistan – “The safety scenario is risky”
- Belarus – “You face a big danger of arrest”
- Burkina Faso – “Because of the menace of terrorist assaults and terrorist kidnap”
- Haiti – “Because of the risky safety scenario”
- Iran – “British nationals are at vital danger of arrest”
- Mali – “On account of unpredictable safety circumstances”
- Niger – “Because of the rise of reported terrorist and felony kidnappings”
- Russia – “Because of the dangers and threats from its persevering with invasion of Ukraine”
- South Sudan – “Because of the danger of armed violence and criminality”
- Syria – “Ongoing battle and unpredictable safety circumstances”
- Yemen – “Unpredictable safety circumstances”
FCDO advises towards all journey to elements
- Algeria – all journey to inside 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia
- Armenia – inside 5km of the total jap border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the M16/H26 highway between the cities of Ijevan and Noyemberyan
- Azerbaijan – inside 5km of the Azerbaijan-Armenia border
- Benin – northern border areas
- Burundi – Mugina, Cibitoke, Bukinyayana, Bubanza and Mpanda communes and elements of Ntahangwa commune
- Cameroon – Bakassi Peninsula, elements of the Far-North Area, North-West Area and South-West Area and inside 40km of the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria borders
- Central African Republic – towards all journey besides to the capital, Bangui
- Chad – Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est and Tibesti provinces, Kanem Province, together with Nokou, Lake Chad area and inside 30km of all Chad’s different borders
- Congo – inside 50km of the Republic of Congo-Central African Republic border in Likouala Area
- Côte d’Ivoire – inside 40km of the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, Northern Zanzan and Savanes provinces and Comoé Nationwide Park
- Democratic Republic of the Congo – inside 50km of the border with the Central African Republic, provinces in Japanese DRC and the Kwamouth territory of Mai-Ndombe Province
- Djibouti – Djibouti-Eritrea border
- Egypt – inside 20km of the Egypt-Libya border and the North Sinai Governorate
- Eritrea – inside 25km of Eritrea’s land borders
- Ethiopia – worldwide border areas, the Tigray area, Amhara area, Afar area, Gambela area, Oromia area, Somali area, Central, Southern, Sidama and South West areas and Benishangul-Gumuz area
- Georgia – South Ossetia and Abkhazia
- Iraq – elements of the Anbar province, Diyala province apart from Baqubah Metropolis, Kirkuk province, Ninawa province, Salah al-Din province, Jurf al-Sakr city in Babil province, Sadr Metropolis, a part of Baghdad province, inside 5km of areas that border Iran in Wasit, Maysan and Basra provinces and inside 5km of Iraq’s borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
- India – inside 10km of the India-Pakistan border and Jammu and Kashmir
- Indonesia – Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, Mount Sinabung, Mount Marapi, Mount Semeru, Mount Ruang, Mount Ibu
- Israel – Gaza, Tulkarm Governorate, Jenin Governorate, Tubas Governorate, Northern Israel and the Occupied Golan Heights
- Jordan – inside 3km of the border with Syria
- Kenya – Kenya-Somalia border and northern elements of the east coast
- Lebanon – areas in Beirut and Mount Lebanon Governorate, the South and Nabatiyeh Governorates, the Beqaa Governorate, the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, the Akkar Governorate, the town of Tripoli and Palestinian refugee camps
- Libya – advises towards all journey to Libya apart from the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata
- Mauritania – Japanese Mauritania and inside 25km of the Malian border
- Moldova – Transnistria
- Mozambique – Cabo Delgado province, elements of Nampula province and Niassa province
- Myanmar (Burma) – Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing and Magway areas, Tanintharyi Area, Shan State North, North Mandalay Area
- Nigeria – Borno State, Yobe State, Adamawa State, Gombe State, Katsina State, Zamfara State and the riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states
- Pakistan – inside 10 miles of the border with Afghanistan, areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Balochistan Province
- Palestine – Gaza, Tulkarm Governorate, Jenin Governorate, Tubas Governorate, Northern Israel and the Occupied Golan Heights
- Philippines – western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago
- Saudi Arabia – inside 10km of the border with Yemen
- Somalia – advises towards all journey besides the western areas Awdal, Maroodijeh and Sahil
- Sudan – towards all journey besides to the Hala’ib Triangle and the Bir Tawil Trapezoid
- Togo – inside 30km of the border with Burkina Faso
- Tunisia – elements of Western Tunisia, together with the Tunisia-Algeria border and Southern Tunisia, together with the Tunisia-Libya border
- Turkey – inside 10km of the Turkey-Syria border
- Ukraine – all areas of Ukraine except for some western areas
- Venezuela – border areas, the Orinoco Mining Arc, south of the Orinoco river and the Zulia state. All however important journey to all remaining areas of Venezuela
- Western Sahara – inside 40km of ‘the Berm’ boundary line and areas south and east of the Berm boundary line
FCDO advises towards all however important journey
Defining “important journey”, the FCDO says: “Whether or not journey is important or not is your personal choice. You’ll have pressing household or enterprise commitments which you want to attend to. Solely you can also make an knowledgeable choice primarily based by yourself particular person circumstances and the dangers.”
- Cuba – “Extreme and worsening disruption to important infrastructure”
- North Korea – “The safety scenario can change shortly with no advance warning”
FCDO advises towards all however important journey to elements
- Angola – Cabinda Province, besides Cabinda metropolis and border areas in Lunda Norte Province
- Bangladesh – Chittagong Hill Tracts
- Bolivia – Chapare area of Cochabamba Division
- Brazil – 4 river areas in direction of the west of Amazonas State – alongside the Amazon River and its tributaries west of the city of Codajás and east of the city of Belém do Solimões, the Itaquaí River, the Japurá River and alongside the Rio Negro and its tributaries north or west of the city of Barcelos
- Cambodia – inside 20km of the land border with Thailand
- Colombia – inside 5km of borders and elements of northern, central and southern Colombia and the Pacific Coast
- Ecuador – seven coastal area provinces and inside 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border
- Ghana – Bawku Municipality
- Guatemala – inside 5km of the Mexican border and the cities of Santa Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista and La Democracia
- Kosovo – the municipalities of Zvečan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, and areas of Mitrovica north of the river Ibar
- Laos – Xaisomboun Province
- Malaysia – Japanese Sabah coastal islands
- Mexico – elements of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero and Chiapas
- Papua New Guinea – Hela and Southern Highlands provinces, Enga Province within the Highlands, besides Wabag District
- Peru – inside 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border and the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro River
- Rwanda – Rusizi district
- Tanzania – inside 20km of the Tanzanian border with Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique
- Thailand –elements of the south, close to the Thailand-Malaysia border and inside 20km of the land border with Cambodia
This story was up to date on 18 September 2026
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