British Government Travel Advice PDF
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This document provides travel advice from the British government, categorizing countries by safety level (green, orange, red). It analyzes global political situations and potential risks to help travelers make informed decisions.
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the British government on the website detail whether or not you should visit a particular country if it's all green this is classed as a safe country to visit orange means you should only visit if it's for essential means like perhaps visiting a family member who is seriously ill and then red...
the British government on the website detail whether or not you should visit a particular country if it's all green this is classed as a safe country to visit orange means you should only visit if it's for essential means like perhaps visiting a family member who is seriously ill and then red means you should not travel whatsoever in doing so your travel insurance may be void so if something were to happen to you and you'd get injured you may have to pay the entire medical bill some countries find their MTH painted with all three colors like say Nigeria which is about an equal mixture of the three the red parts of the country are where boo Haram are active a brutal terrorist group you then have plenty of orange as well as green where you'll find Lagos and the capital of Abuja so let's travel around the world and investigate all of the countries that are completely red as of early August 20124 so let's start off with Europe how many countries do you think are completely r R well believe it or not there are actually two and one of those is not Ukraine Ukraine's West is kind of orange so the two completely red countries are bellarus and Russia Russia is of course the world's largest country so going by the British government's advice we already can't visit 11% of Earth's land and we've only just begun bellarus is of course Russia's biggest European Ally as the war with Ukraine rages on the UN certainty and danger of the region continues to make this place a region a very dangerous place let's now move on to the Americas where across this entire region there is only a single country that is entirely red any idea which country it is so some of you might be thinking maybe Venezuela which would be a good guess as the majority of the country is orange with red along its borders however the only country to be completely red across North and South America is found in the Caribbean it is a country that sees unrest gang and political violence as well as some pretty bad natural disasters it is Haiti before we move on take a look at Brazil's map it's super interesting so the entire country is pretty much green apart from this region here which sees these thin Orange Lines these are rivers in the amazona state which connect the country to Colombia Peru and Venezuela I'm guessing these rivers are orange as they're used for people or drug smuggling a place you really don't want to be as a foreign tourist so that was two countries for Europe and one for the entire Americas there are no countries in oceanana that are completely red so that leaves us with two continents left of course if we exclude Antarctica but which continent Out of Africa and Asia do you think has the most completely red countries let's take a look so let's start start with Asia where we have five countries in total that are completely red and believe it or not one of those is not North Korea or Israel North Korea in fact Finds Its entire country map being orange which means do not travel unless it's ental however as North Korea still hasn't reopened its borders after Co it is still close off to the outside world for tourists now l've always thought this but I genuinely think that North Korea is one of the safest countries in the world to visit as a tourist that's as long as you stick to their rules the threat of crime from locals is pretty much non-existent due to the extreme punishments they'd receive the chances of getting pickpocketed in say London or Barcelona are astronomically higher than in say pongyang somehow Israel is not completely red obviously the West Bank Gaza and the northern borders with Syria and Lebanon are but the rest of the country remains orange now these are quite unpredictable times so this might have changed by the time you're watching this video so a country that is entirely red is Iran which Finds Its entire country map looking like this the British government states that being British is enough evidence to arrest and detain you for questioning there is also the threat of allout war in this region hence why it is completely red Lebanon is another country that is completely red as it finds itself in a region that is involved in conflict with missile bares on the regular it comes to no surprised that Syria is also completely red a brutal Civil War has raged through the country since 2011 with the death toll estimated to be an unbelievable 600 or so thousand what's kind of crazy is that Lebanon and Syria are only around 180 km across the med away from Cyprus a very popular tourist holiday destination Yemen is another country that is completely red similar to Syria the country finds itself amongst an ongoing Civil War which started in 2014 around 150,000 people have been killed directly from the war with around 70,000 estimated to have also been killed due to famine and the lack of medical to famine and the lack of medical facilities and finally we have Afghanistan which since 2021 has been under full control of the Taliban which the UK government declares as a terrorist organization however unlike Syria and Yemen there is no longer war in Afghanistan that effectively ended in August of 2021 when the US pulled out there are still some ongoing conflicts within the country however so those are the five countries that are completely red in Asia but are there more in Africa well no there are actually only three but before we take a look at the three but before we take a look at the three let's investigate Bina Faso and the Central African Republic who have interesting looking maps for the Central African Republic the entire country is red apart from this tiny area here which which happens to be the city of bangui which is the capital the reason why pretty much the entire country is red is due to Armed groups controlling large areas of the country where they regular kidnapped injure and or kill civilians Bina Faso follows the same theme as a Central African Republic where the entire country is red apart from its capital so niga Finds Its entire map being red this is due to a military Takeover in the country to which there have been many protests and then we we have San where a civil war is currently Brewing the war started in 2023 with a death toll estimated to be around 15,000 at the time of making this video and then finally just south of sedan we have no other than South Sudan a country which is now no longer in a civil war but still frequently sees armed conflicts kidnapping and other quite terrifying crimes so that's 11 countries in total that are completely red in other words countries the British government has deemed to be too dangerous to visit for any reason at all these 11 countries combined cover an area of around 25 million km squared that's nearly 177% of all land on Earth now of course this may have changed depending on when you're watching this video give me your predictions as to which countries you think might be added next also are there any countries in this list that you're surprised about or any countries that you're surprise dangerous to visit for any reason at all these 11 countries combined cover an area of around 25 million km squared that's nearly 177% of all land on Earth now of course this may have changed depending on when you're watching this video give me your predictions as to which countries you think might be added next also are there any countries in this list that you're surprised about or any countries that you're surprise didn't make it into today's video let us know below