http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27434902
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| Unsafe Paradise |
UK Foreign Office advises against travel to
- areas within 37 miles (60km) of the Kenya-Somali border
- Kiwayu and coastal areas north of Pate Island
- the Garissa District
- the Eastleigh area of Nairobi
- low income areas of Nairobi, including all township or slum areas
- Mombasa Island and within 5km of the coast from Mtwapa creek in the north down to and including Tiwi in the south
Hundreds of UK tourists are being evacuated from parts of the Kenyan coast, after the Foreign Office warned of a "high threat" from terrorists.
Tour operators Thomson and First Choice cancelled all flights to Mombasa until October and said some 400 holidaymakers would be flown back as a precaution.
The FCO advised against non-essential travel to areas within 37 miles of the Kenya-Somali border and Nairobi.
The main threat has been linked to the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.
TUI Travel, which operates Thomson and First Choice, said those already in the country would be flown home by Monday.
