{"id":1413,"date":"2025-04-23T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:06:45","slug":"every-country-on-the-foreign-office-do-not-travel-list-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/every-country-on-the-foreign-office-do-not-travel-list-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Every country on the Foreign Office \u2018do not travel list\u2019 right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"428\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22942980 lazyload\" alt=\"Hunza valley in Pakistan with mountains in the distance on a sunny day\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-593703807-aab1.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>There are many reasons the FCDO may advise against travel to certain places (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The holiday checklist goes something like this: think about your budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/google\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Google <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/18\/easter-good-friday-uk-weather-forecast-changeable-conditions-roll-22927609\/\">the weather<\/a>, and check that your <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/08\/19\/passport-still-valid-new-rules-prices-around-soon-to-be-expired-id-2-21447977\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/08\/19\/passport-still-valid-new-rules-prices-around-soon-to-be-expired-id-2-21447977\/\">passport<\/a> and travel insurance are in date.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also important to consider the safety of your destination, and what the latest advice from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (<a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office\/\">FCDO<\/a>) is.<\/p>\n<p>The FCDO shares guidance on 266 countries or territories. Of these, 73 are currently flagged as having \u2018no-go\u2019 zones. The FCDO might advise against all travel, or all but essential travel to parts or all of an area.<\/p>\n<p>From the threat of terrorism to unstable political climates and natural disasters, there are many reasons why the FCDO may advise Brits to avoid certain places. <\/p>\n<p>While British nationals make around 50 million trips each year \u2013 most of which are trouble-free \u2013 it\u2019s important to check the FCDO before you pack your suitcase. Your insurance might be invalid if you travel against their advice.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the current list for February 2025, according to the FCDO website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tSign up to The Getaway newsletter\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Fuel your wanderlust with our curated newsletter of travel deals, guides and inspiration.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/the-getaway\/?ito=travel-article&amp;signup-source=travel-article-link\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FCDO advises against \u2018all travel\u2019<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/afghanistan\/\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Belarus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>South Sudan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yemen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FCDO advises against \u2018all travel\u2019 to parts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Algeria:<\/strong> areas within 30km of Algeria\u2019s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armenia:<\/strong> areas within 5km of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Azerbaijan: <\/strong>Nagorno-Karabah, the districts of Zengilan, Jabrayil, Qubadli, Lachin and Kelbajar on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border. The western areas of Khojavand, Fuzuli and Aghdam. Any travel within the 5km border with Armenia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Burundi: <\/strong>Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces, Kayanza Province, Melchior Ndadaye International Airport to Cibitoke, Bujumbura Rural Province.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benin<\/strong>: Northern border regions, Eastern Benin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Burkina Faso:<\/strong> everywhere apart from the capital, Ouagadougou, where it advises against all but essential travel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chad:<\/strong> Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est and Tibesti provinces, Kanem Province, including Nokou, Lake Chad region, within 30km of all Chad\u2019s other borders. The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the rest of Chad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong>: borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire-Liberia border.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"339\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22353511 lazyload\" alt=\"The Sphinx next to the Pyramids in the sands of Giza desert, Egypt\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1802385858.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Parts of Egypt are off-limits (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cameroon:<\/strong> Bakassi Peninsula, borders with Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, the Far-North, North-West, North, South-West and Adamawa regions, Limb\u00e9 and Maroua.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Central African Republic:<\/strong> against all travel except to the capital, Bangui.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Congo: <\/strong>some distrcits in Pool region, border with Central African Republic in Likouala region, Mouyondzi District in Bouenza region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Democratic Republic of the Congo:<\/strong> border with Central African Republic, Eastern DRC, areas in the Kinshasa Province, Kwamouth territory of Mai-Ndombe Province, Kasa\u00ef Oriental, Kasa\u00ef, Kasa\u00ef Central.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Djibouti: <\/strong>border with Eritrea.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eritrea: <\/strong>within 25km of Eritrea\u2019s land borders.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a>:<\/strong> border with Libya, North Sinai, northern part of South Sinai, Western Desert, Hala\u2019ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Trapezoid, Eastern part of Ismailiyah Governorate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethiopia<\/strong>: border areas, Tigray, Amhara, Afar, Gambela, Oromia, Somali, Central, Southern, Sidama, South West and Benishangul-Gumuz regions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Georgia:<\/strong> South Ossetia and Abkhazia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indonesia: <\/strong>Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, East Nusa Tenggara, Mount Sinabung, North Sumatra, Mount Marapi, West Sumatra, Mount Semeru, East Java, Mount Ruang, Northern Sulawesi, Mount Ibu, North Maluku.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iraq: <\/strong>Federal Iraq (see FCDO website for specific areas).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Israel:<\/strong> Gaza border and Northern Israel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India: <\/strong>border with Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordan:<\/strong> border with Syria.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/lebanon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>:<\/strong> areas in Beirut and Mount Lebanon Governorate, the South and Nabatiyeh Governorates, the Beqaa Governorate, the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, the Akkar Governorate, the city of Tripoli and Palestinian refugee camps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Libya: <\/strong>all travel except for the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Myanmar: <\/strong>States of Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, regions of North Mandalay and East of the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in Bago region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"339\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22353513 lazyload\" alt=\"Scenic view of sea and mountains against blue sky in Aqaba, Jordan\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1288858945.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Avoid the border with Syria in Jordan (Picture: Getty Images\/500px)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/egypt\/\"><strong>Mali: <\/strong><\/a>all travel except to Bamako.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mauritania: <\/strong>Eastern Mauritania, borders with Mali and Western Sahara, Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh el Gharbi, Assaba, Gorgol and Guidimaka provinces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moldova: <\/strong>Transnistria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mozambique:<\/strong> Cabo Delgado, all but essential travel to the rest of Mozambique.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nigeria<\/strong>: areas of North East, North West, South East and South Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Niger<\/strong>: everywhere except Niamey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pakistan:<\/strong> border with Afghanistan, provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh, and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Occupied Palestinian Territories:<\/strong> Gaza, areas near Gaza, the West Bank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philippines:<\/strong> Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saudi Arabia: <\/strong>border with Yemen and Abha International Airport.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Somalia:<\/strong> Eastern and Western Somaliland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sudan: <\/strong>everywhere apart from Hala\u2019ib Triangle and the Bir Tawil Trapezoid, where all but essential travel is advised.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tunisia:<\/strong> Western Tunisia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Togo:<\/strong> border with Burkina Faso.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Turkey<\/strong>: border with Syria.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ukraine: <\/strong>Crimea, within 50km of Belarus, everywhere else in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venezuela: <\/strong>within 80km of the border with Colombia, within 40km of the border with Brazil, Zulia state.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Western Sahara:<\/strong> areas within 30km north and west of \u2018the Berm\u2019 boundary line, and areas in the territory south and east \u2018the Berm\u2019 boundary line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FCDO against against \u2018all but essential travel\u2019<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mayotte<\/li>\n<li>New Caledonia<\/li>\n<li>North Korea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FCDO advises against \u2018all but essential\u2019 travel to parts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Angola: Cabinda Province (except Cabinda city), areas within 1km of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Linda Norte (except for official border crossings and their access roads).<\/li>\n<li>Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts.<\/li>\n<li>Bolivia: Chapare region.<\/li>\n<li>Brazil: Amazonas State.<\/li>\n<li>Burundi: Rusizi National Park.<\/li>\n<li>Colombia: the Pacific Coast, northern Colombia, the borders with Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, southern Colombia and central Colombia.<\/li>\n<li>Ecuador: coastal region, areas within 20km of the border with Colombia.<\/li>\n<li>Eswatini: the border with Mozambique.<\/li>\n<li>Ghana: Bawku Municipality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"338\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22353522 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1166917353.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The border between Ecuador and Colombia should be avoided (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guatemala: within 5km of the Mexican border, Santa Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista and La Democracia in the department of Huehuetenango.<\/li>\n<li>Iraq: Kurdistan Region of Iraq (see FCDO website for specific areas).<\/li>\n<li>Kenya: border with Somalia.<\/li>\n<li>Kosovo: Zve\u010dan, Zupin Potok and Leposavic, and areas of Mitrovica north of the river Ibar.<\/li>\n<li>Laos: Xaisomboun Province.<\/li>\n<li>Mexico: States of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoac\u00e1n, Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero, Chiapas.<\/li>\n<li>Mayanmar: Shan State South and East, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region south of Tanintharyi township, the rest of Bago region.<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia: Eastern Sabah coastal islands.<\/li>\n<li>Nigeria: North Central and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/li>\n<li>Papua New Guinea: Hela and Southern Highlands provinces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"339\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22353525 lazyload\" alt=\"Thai traditional wooden longtail boat and beautiful sand beach\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mugfoundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1011241694.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Some parts of Thailand shouldn\u2019t be visited (Picture: Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Peru: within 20km of the Colombia border, Valley of the Apur\u00edmac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers.<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania: within 20km of the Tanzanian border with Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique.<\/li>\n<li>Tunisia: areas north and west of Ghardimaou, within 30km of the Algeria border, Kasserine Governorate, within 10m of the Tunisia border, within 10k of Mount Mghila, Mount Orbata, Southern Tunisia<\/li>\n<li>Thailand: parts of the south, near the border with Malaysia, Hat Yai to Padang Besar train line.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine: western Ukraine, parts further than 50km from the border with Belarus.<\/li>\n<li>Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park, area south-wesdt of Kasese town, Semuliki National Park.<\/li>\n<li>Venezula: all areas apart from those listed above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article has been updated and was originally published on January 16.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Do you have a story to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Get in touch by emailing <a href=\"mailto:MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk\">MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons the FCDO may advise against travel to certain places (Picture: Getty Images) The holiday checklist goes something like this: think about your budget, Google the weather, and check that your passport and travel insurance are in date. 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