Pre-war travel ban
Reading a wikipedia article on the invasion in Iraq I saw something about a pre-war travel ban. Googling it I only found one news article relating to that.
I know that some ministries of foreign affairs advise not to travel to certain countries because of a dangerous situation, but as I understand you're still free to go there on your own risk.
Could someone explain how a travel ban works? Do other countries just get to hear that they are not allowed to give visa to passport holders of the country that issued the ban? Or is the country that issues the ban holding back direct travel to the banned countries, still leaving room for indirect travel?
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