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Terror Alert Status Explained

Terrorism

Foreign and Commonwealth Office constantly review the threat of international terrorism to advise UK citizens travelling and living abroad. The aim is to understand threat levels, learn how to minimise the risk, and what to do in a biological or chemical attack; and also have services to help keep UK businesses safe.

How do we measure the risk of terrorism in each country?

The msppglobal.com website offers a traffic light system to advise on travel and the risk of terrorism in a certain area, we also provide you with links to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office pages which have a terrorism section and full travel advice information. Foreign and Commonwealth Office use several sources including Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), security and intelligence agencies, open source and media reporting, local knowledge, reports from embassies and diplomatic reports to constantly reassess the threat level.

Remember: Foreign and Commonwealth Office do not warn against travel to every country where there is a risk of terrorists operating.

Minimise the risk of terrorism when you are abroad

You can take a number of common sense precautions to minimise the risk of being caught up in terrorism when you’re abroad, these precautions include a regular check of travel advice for the country you are visiting – regularly check MSPPGLOBAL.com Travel Advice, watch and read news about the country and region, register with the local British Embassy or Consulate when you arrive, be vigilant in public areas and places that attract foreigners and Westerners - embassies, hotels, restaurants, bars and businesses, look out for anything suspicious. Report it to the local police immediately – many terrorist attacks are foiled by the vigilance of ordinary people, try to avoid routines that make you an easier target – vary the time and route of your regular journeys.

What is classed as terrorism

Terrorist attacks include, suicide operations, hijackings, bombings, kidnappings, shootings, attacks on commercial aircraft and ships, use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's aim is to reduce the risk from international terrorism, so that people can go about their daily lives freely and with confidence. Since early 2003, they have been implementing a long-term strategy for countering international terrorism, known as CONTEST. In March 2009, they published the first major revision of the strategy Pursue, Prevent, Protect, Prepare.

The strategy has four strands:

PREVENT terrorism by stopping people becoming or supporting terrorists or violent extremists
PURSUE terrorists and those that sponsor them.
PROTECT the public, key national services, and UK interests overseas
PREPARE for the consequences.

FCO call these the 'Four Ps': They have short and long term objectives, at home and abroad to achieve this. We set and implement the strategy for overseas counter terrorism working with partners in the UK Government and civil society.

 

Prevent

They aim to help prevent people becoming or supporting terrorists or violent extremists in the UK and abroad.

They are doing this by supporting reform at home and abroad to tackle social disadvantages, inequality and discrimination that contributes to radicalisation deterring people who assist or encourage terrorism and by changing the environment in which the extremists can operate challenging the ideologies that extremists use to justify violence by helping people who wish to dispute these ideas to do so. Learn more about our work preventing extremism.

Pursue

They are working to reduce the terrorist threat to the UK and our interests abroad, by disrupting terrorists and their operations.

They are doing this by improving our ability to identify and understand the terrorist threat disrupting terrorist activity and taking action to frustrate terrorist attacks bringing terrorists to justice through prosecution – this includes strengthening the legal framework against terrorism developing international co-operation with partners and allies to strengthen our ability to work together to disrupt terrorist networks. Learn more about FCO work targeting terrorist activity.

 

Protect

They seek to protect UK interests overseas from terrorism – which are often a target for attack. They reduce vulnerability by providing accurate FCO travel advice on the threat from domestic and international terrorism, with advice for British companies abroad, physically protecting British diplomatic premises and staff abroad, supporting key foreign governments to develop their ability to protect areas such as aviation and maritime security, energy infrastructure, crowded places and ‘soft’ targets.

Prepare

The UK must be ready for the consequences of a terrorist attack.
They ensure this by identifying the potential risks the UK faces from terrorism and assessing the impact, building the capability to respond to an attack, continually evaluating and testing we are well prepared – we identify lessons from exercises and real-life events. They have short and long term objectives, home and abroad to achieve this. Download the full contest report for the UK's strategy for countering international terrorism.

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