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22/06/2004
Travel advice tightened up to reflect serious terror threats
The Foreign Office today changed the way Travel Advice is managed for intelligence-based terrorist threats.
Many people continue to travel despite warnings against all but essential travel in the case of terrorist threats.
In a written statement to Parliament, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said he believed the public would be better served if warnings against all but essential travel were used more sparingly.
Announcing the outcome of the Foreign Office Travel Advice Review, Mr Straw said: "In future, in the case of intelligence-based terrorist threats, we shall advise against travel only in situations of extreme and imminent danger - if the terrorist threat is sufficiently specific, large-scale or endemic to affect British nationals severely.
"We shall continue to advise against travel in cases of non-terrorist threats (coups, civil unrest, natural disasters) on the same basis as before."
(gmcg)
Many people continue to travel despite warnings against all but essential travel in the case of terrorist threats.
In a written statement to Parliament, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said he believed the public would be better served if warnings against all but essential travel were used more sparingly.
Announcing the outcome of the Foreign Office Travel Advice Review, Mr Straw said: "In future, in the case of intelligence-based terrorist threats, we shall advise against travel only in situations of extreme and imminent danger - if the terrorist threat is sufficiently specific, large-scale or endemic to affect British nationals severely.
"We shall continue to advise against travel in cases of non-terrorist threats (coups, civil unrest, natural disasters) on the same basis as before."
(gmcg)
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