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Don't Go To...

The 'don't go to' list of countries is broken down as follows: where we advise against all travel to the country; where we advise against all travel to parts of a country; where we advise against all but essential travel to a country and where we advise against all but essential travel to parts of a country.

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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla (British Overseas Territory) Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Ascension Island (British Overseas Territory) Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda (British Overseas Territory) Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory) Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory) Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (Democratic Republic) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory) Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Italy Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea (Republic of) Korea, DPR (North Korea) Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao (SAR of China) Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat (British Overseas Territory) Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn (British Overseas Territory) Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Réunion Saint Christopher and Nevis (St Kitts & Nevis) Saint Lucia Samoa Samoa (American) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory) Spain Sri Lanka St Helena (British Overseas Territory) St Pierre & Miquelon St Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria São Tomé & Principe Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory) Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territory) Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Wallis & Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Advise against all travel to:

• Guinea
• Somalia

Advise against all travel to parts of:

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Azerbaijan
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Colombia
• Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Djibouti
• Ecuador
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Georgia
• India
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Russian Federation
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Thailand
• Uganda
• Venezuela
• Yemen

Advise against all but essential travel to:

• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• East Timor
• Honduras
• Mauritania
• Yemen

Advise against all but essential travel to parts of:

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Angola
• Armenia
• Bangladesh
• Chad
• Congo
• Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Ecuador
• Ethiopia
• India
• Iraq
• Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
• Kenya
• Kosovo
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Russian Federation
• Rwanda
• Samoa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan

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