Britons warned avoid travelling to Haiti

Saturday, February 21, 2004

LONDON, England: Britons are being urged to avoid travelling to Haiti at all costs following the growing civil unrest and lawlessness in the Caribbean state.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it changed its travel advice last weekend due to the "highly volatile security situation" prevailing throughout the country.

All British nationals in Haiti had been contacted by consular officials and those wishing to leave the country had been offered assistance, a spokeswoman said.

The majority of the Britons were long-term residents who had either married Haitian nationals or had permanent jobs, and most of them had decided to remain there for the time being, she added.

On its website, the FCO said: "We advise against all travel to Haiti because of the highly volatile security situation that prevails throughout the country at the present time.

"If you must enter Haiti despite this advice you should exercise extreme caution due to the breakdown in law and order and civil unrest which is currently sweeping the country."

The US government yesterday urged all American nationals to leave the increasingly violent country.

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