Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to Tunisia

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All British nationals are being urged to leave Tunisia as a further terrorist attack is "highly likely", Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

Mr Hammond said there was no suggestion of a "specific or imminent threat", but said the Foreign Office was advising against all non-essential travel there.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Tunisia Travel Advice

Summary

• Still current at:
  9 July 2015
• Updated:
  9 July 2015
• Latest update: Summary - the Foreign and Commonwealth Office now advise against all but essential travel to Tunisia

Since the attack in Sousse, we have been working closely with the Tunisian authorities to investigate the attack and the wider threat from terrorist groups in Tunisia. Although we have had good co-operation from the Tunisian government, including putting in place additional security measures, the intelligence and threat picture has developed considerably, reinforcing our view that a further terrorist attack is highly likely. On balance, we do not believe the mitigation measures in place provide adequate protection for British tourists in Tunisia at the present time and we have therefore changed our travel advice accordingly.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to:

• the Chaambi Mountain National Park area
• the Tunisia-Algeria border crossing points at Ghardimaou, Hazoua and Sakiet Sidi Youssef
• the militarized zone south of, but not including, the towns of El Borma and Dhehiba
• within 5km of the Libya border area from north of Dhehiba up to but not including the Ras Ajdir border crossing

The FCO advise against all but essential travel to the rest of Tunisia.

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