America<\/a>\u00a0is continuing to expand its ‘do not travel list’. The list currently had 21 countries on it as of April 30, with the US State Department constantly reviewing the situation with a risk assessment for each country.<\/p>\n Here’s everything we know about the warnings and how the agency issues them.<\/p>\n The State Department warns against travelling to certain countries for reasons ranging from armed conflict, terrorism, civil unrest, wrongful detention, health, the likelihood of a\u00a0natural<\/a>\u00a0disaster, current events and\u00a0crime<\/a>, with a handful recently bumped up to a Level 4 warning.<\/p>\n The news comes as some countries are cutting travel to the US due to tensions with Trump (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n Level 1 remains the lowest advisory and indicates there might be some risk associated with travel while Level 2 could mean certain areas of the country are dangerous.<\/p>\n Both these levels are assessed by the department at least every 12 months.<\/p>\n Level 3 advises Americans to reconsider due to ‘serious risks to safety and security,’ while Level 4, the highest, refers to a ‘greater likelihood of life-threatening risks.’<\/p>\n The State Department reviews these two every six months.<\/p>\n Anyone who willingly travels to a Level 4 country is further advised to write a will and leave DNA samples in case of a worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n Recent changes to the list include the advisory for\u00a0Mexico<\/a>, which has differing levels across each state within the country that range from Level 1 to Level 4, although the travel advice for Mexico as a whole has been at Level 2 for some time already.<\/p>\n Meanwhile,\u00a0North Korea<\/a>\u00a0and Burkina Faso are just some of the countries that have recently been upgraded to the highest level.<\/p>\n The agency warns North Korea is strongly discouraged due to the ‘continuing serious risk of arrest, long-term detention and the threat of wrongful detention.’<\/p>\n Burkina Faso similarly holds a strong warning because of increased ‘terrorism, crime and kidnapping’ threat.<\/p>\n It’s to do with security (Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n These updates have brought the total number of countries on the list to 21.<\/p>\n Some examples in the Level 1 category are: Canada,\u00a0Australia<\/a>, Ireland, Portugal, Argentina and some Caribbean islands, including Aruba and St. Lucia.<\/p>\n At Level 2 sits some popular European countries, including the\u00a0UK<\/a>, France, Italy, Spain and Germany.<\/p>\n China<\/a>, South Africa, Morocco, Peru, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands are also in Level 2.<\/p>\n On Level 3 include Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala and Jamaica.<\/p>\n And finally, the 21 countries on the ‘do not travel’ list include\u00a0Russia<\/a>\u00a0and Ukraine, due to the conflict between the two countries since\u00a0President Vladimir Putin<\/a>‘s invasion, as well as North Korea, Syria, Iraq and Sudan.<\/p>\n Canada has seen a slump in its flights jetting off to the US in recent months (Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n The changes also come amid bubbling global tensions and security situations across the world, with\u00a0Canada<\/a>\u00a0recently cutting routes to the US amid the tensions with the\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0administration over the trade war.<\/p>\n That, and the\u00a0POTUS<\/a>\u00a0has made several controversial comments about\u00a0acquiring Canada as the ’51st state.’<\/a><\/p>\n According to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), travellers from Canada fell by 12.5 percent in February and 18 percent in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US has officially issued a \u2018do not travel\u2019 warning for 21 countries. 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe four travel advisory levels are as follows:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Changes to the list<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe full list is as follows:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCanada cuts travel<\/strong><\/h2>\n