UK 'Do Not Travel' Red List Countries 2026
UK Foreign Travel Advice
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Country | UK Foreign Travel Advice↑ | UK Foreign Travel Restriction Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Russia | Do Not Travel | |
 | Iran | Do Not Travel | |
 | Afghanistan | Do Not Travel | |
 | Yemen | Do Not Travel | |
 | Niger | Do Not Travel | |
 | Syria | Do Not Travel | |
 | Burkina Faso | Do Not Travel | |
 | South Sudan | Do Not Travel | |
 | Haiti | Do Not Travel | |
 | Belarus | Do Not Travel | |
 | India | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 10km of the India-Pakistan border and Jammu and Kashmir |
 | Indonesia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, Mount Sinabung, Mount Marapi, Mount Semeru, Mount Ruang, Mount Ibu |
 | Pakistan | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 10 miles of the border with Afghanistan, areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Balochistan Province |
 | Nigeria | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Borno State, Yobe State, Adamawa State, Gombe State, Kaduna State, Katsina State, Zamfara State and the riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states |
 | Ethiopia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | International border areas, parts of the Tigray region, Amhara region, Afar region, Gambela region, Oromia region, Somali region, Central, Southern, Sidama and South West regions and Benishangul-Gumuz region |
 | Egypt | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 20km of the Egypt-Libya border and the North Sinai Governorate |
 | Philippines | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago |
 | DR Congo | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 50km of the border with the Central African Republic, the province of Kasaï Oriental, the Kwamouth territory of Mai-Ndombe Province and provinces in Eastern DRC |
 | Turkey | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 10km of the Turkey-Syria border |
 | Kenya | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Kenya-Somalia border and northern parts of the east coast |
 | Myanmar | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing and Magway regions, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State North, North Mandalay Region |
 | Sudan | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Against all travel except to the Hala’ib Triangle and the Bir Tawil Trapezoid |
 | Algeria | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | All travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia |
 | Iraq | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Advises against all travel to parts of Anbar province, Basra province, Diyala province, Kirkuk province, Ninawa province, Salah al-Din province, Sadr City and within 30km of federal Iraq’s borders with Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait |
 | Ukraine | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | All regions of Ukraine with the exception of some western regions |
 | Mozambique | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Cabo Delgado Province |
 | Saudi Arabia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 10km of the border with Yemen |
 | Ivory Coast | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 40km of borders with Burkina Faso and Mali and Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia border |
 | Cameroon | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Bakassi Peninsula, parts of the Far-North Region, North-West Region and South-West Region and within 40km of the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria borders |
 | Venezuela | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 80km of the Venezuela-Colombia border, within 40km of the Venezuela-Brazil border, Zulia State |
 | Mali | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Advises against all travel except to Bamako |
 | Chad | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est and Tibesti provinces, Kanem Province, including Nokou, Lake Chad region and within 30km of all Chad’s other borders |
 | Somalia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Advises against all travel except the western regions Awdal, Maroodijeh and Sahil |
 | Benin | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Northern border regions |
 | Burundi | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces, Kayanza province and Bujumbura Rural province |
 | Tunisia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Parts of Western Tunisia, including the Tunisia-Algeria border and Southern Tunisia, including the Tunisia-Libya border |
 | Jordan | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 3km of the border with Syria |
 | Azerbaijan | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Azerbaijan-Armenia border |
 | Togo | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 5km of the border with Burkina Faso |
 | Israel | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Against all travel to Gaza, parts of the West Bank and Northern Israel |
 | Libya | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Advises against all travel to Libya except for the cities of Benghazi and Misrata |
 | Lebanon | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | 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 |
 | Central African Republic | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Against all travel except to the capital, Bangui |
 | Palestine | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Against all travel to Gaza, parts of The West Bank and Northern Israel |
 | Mauritania | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Eastern Mauritania and within 25km of the Malian border |
 | Georgia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | South Ossetia and Abkhazia |
 | Eritrea | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 25km of Eritrea’s land borders |
 | Moldova | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Transnistria |
 | Armenia | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 5km of the full eastern border between Armenia and Azerbaijan |
 | Djibouti | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Djibouti-Eritrea border |
 | Western Sahara | Do Not Travel To Some Parts | Within 30km of ‘the Berm’ boundary line and areas south and east of the Berm boundary line |
 | Colombia | Only Essential Travel | |
 | North Korea | Only Essential Travel | |
 | Brazil | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Four river areas towards the west of Amazonas State – along the Amazon River and its tributaries west of the town of Codajás and east of the town of Belém do Solimões, the Itaquaí River, the Japurá River and along the Rio Negro and its tributaries north or west of the town of Barcelos |
 | Bangladesh | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Chittagong Hill Tracts |
 | Mexico | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Arts of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero and Chiapas |
 | Tanzania | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Within 20km of the Tanzanian border with Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique |
 | Thailand | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Parts of the south, near the Thailand-Malaysia border, the Hat Yai to Padang Besar train line and within 50km of the whole border with Cambodia |
 | Uganda | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Queen Elizabeth National Park, the area immediately south-west of Kasese town and Semuliki National Park |
 | Angola | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Cabinda Province, except Cabinda city and border areas in Lunda Norte Province |
 | Malaysia | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Eastern Sabah coastal islands |
 | Peru | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Within 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border and the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro River |
 | Guatemala | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Within 5km of the Mexican border and the towns of Santa Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista and La Democracia |
 | Ecuador | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Seven coastal region provinces and within 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border |
 | Cambodia | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Within 50km from the border with Thailand |
 | Rwanda | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Rubavu district and Rusizi district |
 | Bolivia | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Chapare region |
 | Papua New Guinea | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Hela and Southern Highlands provinces |
 | Laos | Only Essential Travel To Some Parts | Xaisomboun Province |
