UK travel warning for UAE
The BBC reports that British nationals in the United Arab Emirates have been warned there is now a high risk of a terror attack there
Travel advice from the UK Foreign Office said terrorists might be planning indiscriminate attacks in places frequented by expatriates
It did not give details about why there was believed to be a more serious threat than the general one previously issued to nationals
Unlike neighbour Saudi Arabia the UAE has had no major terrorism incidents.
Expatriates make up a majority of the population of the oil-rich state, which consists of seven individual emirates, including the main ones Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is also a major tourist destination.
“High” is the most serious of four terrorism risk levels which the Foreign Office uses in its warnings, the others being “general”, “underlying” and “low”.
“There is a high threat from terrorism,” an official travel advice notice for the country said. “We believe terrorists may be planning to carry out attacks in the UAE
The web-posted advice says attacks could happen at any time and may target residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests
“You should maintain a high level of security awareness, particularly in public places,” the advice says
However, the advice is prefaced by an assurance that the “vast majority of visits” to the UAE are “trouble-free”.
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has a similar “high degree of caution†advice for travelers to UAE.
Australia also continues to advise its citizens against travel to Indonesia
“including at this time due to the very high threat of terrorist attackâ€.
“We continue to receive reports indicating that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including Western interests and places frequented by foreigners,†warns DFAT
The travel advice has been confirmed despite calls last week from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the warnings to be lifted
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