UK Foreign Office warns ‘do not travel’ to any of these destinations

The Foreign Office has listed a number of destinations that people from the UK should not travel to. Among other things, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) shared information about the entry requirements, safety and security, health risks and legal differences of some 226 nations and territories around the world.

At present, there are a number of countries (FCDO) advises against travelling to full stop, as well as places where they say you should avoid certain areas.

So where can you travel to and where should you not? Here is a full list to consider before booking your next flight – and remember if you travel against this advice, your insurance may be void.

FCDO warns: “Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.”

Where does the FCDO advise against travel to?

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Algeria: All travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia

4. 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.

5. Angola: Cabinda Province, except Cabinda city as well as Border areas in Lunda Norte Province

6. 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.”

7. Azerbaijan: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Azerbaijan. This includes the Azerbaijan-Armenia border as well as Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas

8. Benin: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Benin including the Northern border regions

9. 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

10. 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

11. Brazil: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Brazil in the Amazonas State

12. 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.

13. Haiti: FCDO advises against all travel to Haiti.

14. Iran: FCDO advises against all travel to Iran.

15. Israel: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Israel.

16. Lebanon: FCDO advises against all travel to Lebanon.

17. Uganda: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of western Uganda

18. Moldova: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Moldova.

19. 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.

20. Kurdistan Region of Iraq: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to KRI.

21. Colombia: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Colombia

22. Democratic Republic of the Congo: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

23. Libya: FCDO advises against all travel to Libya

24. Niger: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Niger.

25. Russia: FCDO advises against all travel to Russia.

26. Nigeria: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Nigeria.

27. South Sudan: FCDO advises against all travel to South Sudan.

28. Sudan: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Sudan.

29. Mali: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mali.

30. Yemen: FCDO advises against all travel to Yemen.

31. Philippines: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Philippines.

32. Ecuador: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Ecuador.

33. Western Sahara: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Western Sahara.
34. Bangladesh: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Bangladesh.
35. New Caledonia: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to New Caledonia.
36. North Korea: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to North Korea
37. Egypt: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Egypt

38. Chad: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Chad

39. Congo: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Congo.

40. Ethiopia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Ethiopia. They also advise against all but essential travel to parts of Ethiopia.

41. Mexico: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Mexico.
42. Indonesia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Indonesia.
43. Mauritania: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mauritania.
44. Myanmar (Burma): FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Myanmar (Burma).
45. Papua New Guinea: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Papua New Guinea.
46. Peru: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Peru.
47. Tanzania: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Tanzania.
48. Tunisia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Tunisia.
49. Turkey: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Turkey.
50. Venezuela: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Venezuela
51. Thailand: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Thailand.

52. Mozambique: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Mozambique. They also advise against all but essential travel to parts of Mozambique.

53. Côte d’Ivoire: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Côte d’Ivoire.

54. Georgia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Georgia.
55. Djibouti: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Djibouti.
56. Eritrea: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Eritrea.

57. Syria: FCDO advises against all travel to Syria

58. Ghana: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Ghana.
59. Guatemala: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Guatemala.
60. Kenya: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Kenya.
61. Kosovo: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Kosovo.
62. Laos: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Laos

63. Saudi Arabia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Saudi Arabia

64. Somalia: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Somalia.
65. Togo:. FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Togo.
66. Malaysia: FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Malaysia.

67. The Occupied Palestinian Territories: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of The Occupied Palestinian Territories.

68. Jordan: FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Jordan.

69. 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

• The parts of Baghdad province which are south of the Airport Road

• 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

• The remainder of Al-Muthanna Province