§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what safety advice is given to persons planning to travel abroad.[8703]
§ Mr. BradshawThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office issues travel advice notices for over 200 countries. These notices are constantly reviewed on the basis of information received from British missions overseas. The advice varies from country to country and we advise any British nationals intending to travel abroad to read the relevant advice prior to travel. This advice can be accessed: on the FCO website at www.fco.gov.uk/; by telephone on 020 7008 0232/0233; by fax on 020 7008 0155/0164; or by letter to the travel advice unit in our Consular Division.
§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which countries his Department is recommending that holidaymakers should not travel.[8704]
§ Mr. BradshawAs at 19 October the FCO advises against travel to the following countries
Afghanistan; Burundi; Central African Republic; Iraq; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Somalia; Yemenand to the following specific areas:Azerbaijan (western region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the militarily occupied area surrounding it); Republic of the Congo (except Brazzaville and Pointe Noire only); Ecuador (northern border areas with Colombia particularly Sucumbios province); Eritrea (south of the Barentu-Dekemahare line and the Eritrea/Sudan border area); Ethiopia (east of the Harar to Gode line, and within 20 kms of the Eritrean border in the Tigray and Afar regions only); Guinea (border region with Liberia and Sierra Leone only); India (Jammu and Kashmir only); Indonesia (Aceh, 19W Ambon and the rest of Maluku province, Nias island, central Kalimantan and Poso in central Sulawesi only); Israel and the Palestinian authority (only west bank and Gaza and Israel/Lebanon and Israel/Gaza border areas); Kyrgyzstan (south and west of Osh only and the Ferghana valley region only); Liberia (north-west only); Mozambique (Montepuez only); Namibia (border areas from Ruacana eastwards to Kongola and Namibia/Angola border areas north of the trans Caprivi highway); Philippines (southern and western Mindanao); Russian Federation (Chechen republic, Ingushetia, Dagestan, north Ossetia, Karachai-Cherkassia, Kabardino-Balkaria (including the Elbrus area) and to the eastern and southern parts of Stavrapol Krai only); Somalia (southern Somalia and the north-east region (Puntland) only); Sri Lanka (north and east only); Uganda (Mgahinga and Bwindi national parks, border areas with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan, Gulu and Kitgum and Bundibugyo districts only):and against all holiday and other non-essential travel to:Algeria; Angola; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cote D'Ivoire; East Timor; Haiti; Indonesia; Macedonia; Sierra Leone;and against all holiday and other non-essential travel to the following specific areas:Albania (the border with Kosovo only); Comoros (Anjouan only); Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville and Pointe Noire only); Ethiopia (across the land border to Djibouti); India (Manipur and Tripura only); Liberia (and against all travel to north-west); Philippines (Mindanao and Palawan only); Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo only).