Posts by Jourgom

Off-topic: we're talking about a statistical average based on objective evaluations and observations... Not isolated incidents, like the ones that happen every day in every country on the planet lol French woman killed in Spain in her camper van, the famous French woman who disappeared in Japan, a Belgian recently killed in the Canary Islands: yet, these countries are obviously classified as green and even safe...

Meanwhile, no incidents in the last three years seriously affecting a Western tourist there, and no threats expressed by certain groups on social media like it is the case in Africa: so I ask that the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs justify its classification... If there’s no objective risk, the country should be classified as the UK Foreign Office does. But if you have links that prove otherwise, I’m all ears because the people I know who live there haven’t seen any, and the unrest last summer—even if it was worrying—is over and never involved any Westerners at any point.

This is a forum about Bangladesh—have any of you just come back? When are you going??

If the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs does such a good job, I’d love to see the documentary links or recent testimonials that report incidents affecting tourists—or even locals, for that matter—in this country where France advises against traveling... From what I know, there aren’t any, which is why the Foreign Office doesn’t consider it a high-risk country—except maybe the far southeast. 😉

Hi there,

I can confirm that the Foreign Office network is working hard and provides much more precise feedback than the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which—as usual—doesn’t really get involved and covers its back just in case... There’s no local threat *a priori*, at least not according to the locals (whether they live there or not) who’ve told me about it. You can also check out various local news Facebook pages—it’s the same story. If you want a more objective video than Tibi Jones’ on the country, you can watch Ilya Varlamov’s. He doesn’t hold back on anything about the country but—at no point—does he mention any security issues. Part of the footage was even shot right after the Z. riots.

Hello,

In correspondence with several people who live in Dhaka and who confirm there’s no risk related to the past protests... The interim government is holding steady, and the only downside might be a much more low-key police presence given what happened last summer.