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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade provides advice on security risks in several destinations. This advice is based on information from a number of sources. It reflects risks, and our assessment of what these might mean for New Zealanders. Our assessment may also take account of the actions local authorities are taking to minimise the risk, and our ability to provide you with assistance.
Azerbaijan - Nagorno-Karabach and surrounds.
Burundi - with the exception of the capital Bujumbura (high risk)
Cameroon - border areas with the Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria in the Bakassi Peninsula region
Central African Republic - Vakaga Province, Bamingui-Bangoran Province and Haut-Mbomou Province.
Chad - outside the capital N'Djamena
Djibouti - Border areas with Eritrea.
Ecuador - Town of San Lorenzo in Esmeraldas province, the provinces of Carchi, Napo, Sucumbíos and Orellana. Pichincha Volcano area.
Ethiopia - Borders with Eritrea, Somalia, Gambella region.
Eritrea - Border areas with Sudan, Djibouti and Ethiopia.
Georgia - Regions of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the Pankisi Gorge north of Akhmeta.
Guinea - Border regions with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire.
India - Jammu and Kashmir, the India-Pakistan international border, Tripura, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland.
Iran - border areas with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza, Sheba’a Farms and Ghajjar located along the border with Lebanon (the “Blue Line”)
Japan - Within 30 kilometres of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and in areas designated as Planned Evacuation Zones.
Kenya - within 150kms of the Kenya/Somali border (including in coastal areas); within 30kms of the border with Ethiopia and South Sudan.
Lebanon - Southern Lebanon (south of the Litani River) and Palestinian refuge camps
Mali - Northern areas
Mauritania - border areas with Mali, Algeria and Western Sahara.
Nigeria - Niger Delta States of Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River
Niger - with the exception of the capital Niamey (high risk)
Philippines - Sarangani, South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (including Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi Tawi, Cotabato City and Isabella City.
Russian Federation - North Caucasus region including Chechnya, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Karbadino-Balkaria (including the Elbrus area), Abkhazia, the south-east parts of the Stavropol region and Karachay-Cherkessia.
Rwanda - Border region with Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sri Lanka - Northern areas encompassing all areas north of the boundary line from Mullikkulam on the north west coast to Kokkilai on the north east coast (Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Kilinnochchi and Jaffna Districts).
Tanzania - Border regions with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda.
Uganda - North West, North East and South West Uganda. Border areas with Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, including Lake Albert, Murchison Falls National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla Park.
Page last updated: Friday, 03-Feb-2012 12:33:40 NZDT
