Closed petition Remove all African countries from the red list immediately
Since travel restrictions have been imposed on travellers entering the UK from several African countries, a number of cases of transmission of the Omicron variant, not linked to travel to South Africa, have been identified.
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We believe the travel restrictions are not justified by the evidence, especially when the only countries on the red list are African, when cases of the Omicron variant have been identified in several other countries.
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MPs debate changes to travel restrictions for red list countries
On 14 December, the Government announced that all 11 countries which had been on the 'red list' would be removed as of 4am, Wednesday 15 December. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid MP also confirmed that temporary testing measures for international travel will be retained.
MPs discussed these changes as part of a debate on a range of changes to covid-19 restrictions.
Read the Government's announcement of these changes: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/11-countries-removed-from-the-uks-red-list
Read updated guidance for travel to England: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19
Read what was said during the debate: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-12-14/debates/8034393B-C568-4DE6-8695-1D63F957537E/PublicHealth