> prompting Germany, the UK, Denmark, Finland and Portugal to issue travel warnings and advisories for the country
I'm glad they posted links, that is a lot better sourced than many media groups. But the links suggest that the UK's updated advice [0] is "follow US law while in the US, the form you want is an ESTA". That is something of a non-statement. In fact there is a lot in this article that on close inspection doesn't say anything. Like the rather generic Soligo quote for example.
[0] Bizarrely the source trail is via The Hill; I would have thought the BBC could go straight to a UK government website.
I am not an expert there, but my feeling is that if those countries made a change regarding the US (like it used to say "it's perfectly safe" and now it says "hmm, be careful with the paperwork"), then it counts as a warning.
I'm glad they posted links, that is a lot better sourced than many media groups. But the links suggest that the UK's updated advice [0] is "follow US law while in the US, the form you want is an ESTA". That is something of a non-statement. In fact there is a lot in this article that on close inspection doesn't say anything. Like the rather generic Soligo quote for example.
[0] Bizarrely the source trail is via The Hill; I would have thought the BBC could go straight to a UK government website.