Glasgow
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Overview
25open jobs
11organisations hiring
0violent events in 3 months
To prepare a mission or a new post: the essential context, region by region. This briefing does not replace your organisation's security briefing on arrival.
Socio-political and economic situation
History and context
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was created when the Kingdoms of England and Scotland -- which previously had been distinct states under a single monarchy -- were joined under the 1707 Acts of Union. The island of Ireland was incorporated under the 1800 Acts of Union, while Wales had been part of the Kingdom of England since the 16th century. The United Kingdom has historically played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. The 18th and 19th centuries saw the rapid expansion of the British Empire despite the loss of the Thirteen Colonies, and at its zenith in the early 20th century, the British Empire stretched over one fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw two World Wars seriously deplete the UK's strength and the Irish Republic withdraw from the union. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council and a founding member of NATO and the Commonwealth of Nations, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy. The devolved Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1998.
The UK was an active member of the EU after its accession in 1973, although it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union. However, motivated in part by frustration at a remote bureaucracy in Brussels and massive migration into the country, UK citizens in 2016 voted by 52 to 48 percent to leave the EU. On 31 January 2020, the UK became the only country to depart the EU -- a move known as "Brexit" -- after prolonged negotiations on EU-UK economic and security relationships.
Political system
parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Ethnic groups, languages, religions
Ethnic groups
White 87.2%, Black/African/Caribbean/black British 3%, Asian/Asian British: Indian 2.3%, Asian/Asian British: Pakistani 1.9%, mixed 2%, other 3.7% (2011 est.)
Languages
English
Religions
Christian (includes Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 59.5%, Muslim 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, other 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7% (2011 est.)
Country profiles: The World Factbook (CIA), public domain, last edition (2025-2026).
Economy and society
Economic overview
high-income, non-EU European economy; global financial center and dominant service sector; sluggish growth from stringent monetary policy, reduced business investment, low productivity and participation rates; fiscal austerity in face of high public debt
69.5 MPopulation2025
83.3 %Urban population2025
$57,602GDP per capita2025
1.4 %GDP growth2025
3.9 %Inflation2025
0.4 %Extreme poverty (international line)2021
4.7 %Unemployment2025
95.5 %Internet users2024
100 %Access to electricity2024
Refugees and displaced people
581,072refugees hosted2025
144,747asylum seekers2025
1,013refugees and asylum seekers from the country2025
4,881stateless people2025
Indicators: World Bank (CC BY 4.0); refugees and displaced people: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder. Latest available year for each figure.
Arms bearers
Armed and security forces
United Kingdom Armed Forces (aka British Armed Forces, aka His Majesty's Armed Forces): British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2025)
Designated terrorist groups
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa'ida; Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
Informative list, to be complemented by your organisation's security analysis and NGO security forums.
Recent security
Organised violence events recorded by UCDP, July – September 2026.
No organised violence event recorded in the country over this period.
Health
Health indicators
81.4yearsLife expectancy2024
4.7per 1,000 live birthsUnder-5 mortality2024
8per 100,000 live birthsMaternal mortality2023
3.3per 1,000 peoplePhysicians2023
100 %Basic drinking water access2024
Entry and visas
For other nationalities:
- Visa-free (1): Ireland
- Electronic travel authorisation to apply for online (60): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay
- Visa to apply for at the embassy before travel (110): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Passport Index Data (passportindex.org), MIT licence. Indicative, for a tourist stay; always check with the embassy or consulate. (17 February 2026)
Work visa and humanitarian permit
- A tourist visa does not allow you to work: your organisation usually applies for a work or mission visa, with an invitation letter and the NGO's registration with the authorities.
- It often takes several weeks: have a passport valid for at least 6 months, photos, diplomas, contract and international vaccination certificate ready.
- United Nations staff travel on the laissez-passer with an official visa requested by the agency.
Humanitarian coordination
Before you arrive, register with the coordination bodies: they share alerts, cluster meetings and useful contacts.
Clusters: health, nutrition, protection, WASH, food security, shelter, education, logistics, emergency telecommunications and CCCM. OCHA publishes their meetings and contacts in each country where they are activated.
Humanitarians on the ground
Organisations hiring in the country, based on open jobs on the site:
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Region by region
Violence over the last 3 months, jobs and passages of official advice that mention the region.
Milton Keynes
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Aberdeen
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Aberdeenshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Anglesey
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Angus
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Antrim
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Ards
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Argyll and Bute
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Armagh
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Ballymena
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Ballymoney
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Banbridge
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Barking and Dagenham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Barnet
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Barnsley
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bath and North East Somerset
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bedford
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Belfast
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bexley
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Birmingham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Blackburn with Darwen
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Blackpool
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Blaenau Gwent
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bolton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bournemouth
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bracknell Forest
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bradford
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Brent
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bridgend
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Brighton and Hove
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bristol
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bromley
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Buckinghamshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Bury
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Caerphilly
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Calderdale
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cambridgeshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Camden
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cardiff
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Carmarthenshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Carrickfergus
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Castlereagh
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Central Bedfordshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Ceredigion
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cheshire East
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cheshire West and Chester
No organised violence recorded over the period.
City
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Clackmannanshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Coleraine
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Conwy
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cornwall
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Coventry
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Craigavon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Croydon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Cumbria
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Darlington
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Denbighshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Derby
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Derbyshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Derry
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Devon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Doncaster
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Dorset
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Down
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Dudley
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Dumfries and Galloway
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Dundee
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Dungannon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Durham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Ealing
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Ayrshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Dunbartonshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Lothian
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Renfrewshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Riding of Yorkshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
East Sussex
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Edinburgh
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Eilean Siar
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Enfield
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Essex
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Falkirk
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Fermanagh
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Fife
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Flintshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Gateshead
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Gloucestershire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Greenwich
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Gwynedd
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hackney
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Halton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hammersmith and Fulham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hampshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Haringey
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Harrow
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hartlepool
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Havering
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Herefordshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hertfordshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Highland
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hillingdon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Hounslow
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Inverclyde
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Isle of Wight
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Isles of Scilly
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Islington
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Kensington and Chelsea
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Kent
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Kingston upon Hull
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Kingston upon Thames
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Kirklees
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Knowsley
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Lambeth
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Lancashire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Larne
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Leeds
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Leicester
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Leicestershire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Lewisham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Limavady
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Lincolnshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Lisburn
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Liverpool
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Luton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Magherafelt
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Manchester
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Medway
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Merseyside
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Merthyr Tydfil
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Merton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Mid Ulster
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Middlesbrough
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Midlothian
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Monmouthshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Moray
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Moyle
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Neath Port Talbot
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Newcastle upon Tyne
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Newham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Newport
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Newry and Mourne
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Newtownabbey
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Norfolk
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Ayshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Down
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North East Lincolnshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Lanarkshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Lincolnshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Somerset
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Tyneside
No organised violence recorded over the period.
North Yorkshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Northamptonshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Northumberland
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Nottingham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Nottinghamshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Oldham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Omagh
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Orkney
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Oxfordshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Pembrokeshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Perthshire and Kinross
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Peterborough
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Plymouth
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Poole
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Portsmouth
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Powys
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Reading
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Redbridge
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Redcar and Cleveland
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Renfrewshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Richmond upon Thames
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Rochdale
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Rotherham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Rutland
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Salford
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Sandwell
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Scottish Borders
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Sefton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Sheffield
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Shetland Islands
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Shropshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Slough
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Solihull
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Somerset
No organised violence recorded over the period.
South Ayrshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
South Gloucestershire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
South Lanarkshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
South Tyneside
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Southampton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Southend-on-Sea
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Southwark
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Staffordshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Stirling
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Stockport
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Stockton-on-Tees
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Stoke-on-Trent
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Strabane
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Suffolk
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Sunderland
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Surrey
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Sutton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Swansea
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Swindon
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Tameside
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Telford and Wrekin
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Thurrock
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Torbay
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Torfaen
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Tower Hamlets
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Trafford
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Vale of Glamorgan
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wakefield
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Walsall
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Waltham Forest
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wandsworth
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Warrington
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Warwickshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
West Berkshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
West Dunbartonshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
West Lothian
No organised violence recorded over the period.
West Sussex
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Westminster
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wigan
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wiltshire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wokingham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wolverhampton
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Worcestershire
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Wrexham
No organised violence recorded over the period.
York
No organised violence recorded over the period.
Arrival checklist
- Before departure: read the country security plan and your organisation's procedures (SOPs).
- Check your health, repatriation and evacuation insurance for this country, including conflict areas.
- Vaccines and prevention: yellow fever, malaria and other risks, with a travel health clinic.
- Documents: passport valid for at least 6 months, visa or permit, paper and digital copies, ID photos.
- On arrival: briefing with the security focal point, register your contact details, get the emergency contact list.
- Communications: local phone, radio or satellite phone, call sign and check-in procedure.
- Movements: movement rules, curfew, no-go areas, mission authorisations and convoys.
- Contingency plan: assembly points, hibernation, relocation, evacuation and a ready grab bag.
- Health on site: referral medical facilities, first aid kit, safe drinking water.
- Culture: dress, greetings, photos (always ask consent, avoid sensitive sites), relations with the authorities.
- Coordination: NGO forum, cluster meetings, humanitarian access and civil-military coordination.
- Wellbeing: rest, stress management, psychosocial support offered by your organisation.
Sources and disclaimer
This briefing gathers public information to prepare a mission. It does not replace your organisation's security analysis, your security focal point's instructions or the country's authorities.
- Violence: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset v26.0.9, Uppsala University, CC BY 4.0 licence; provisional data, country and region figures calculated by Humanitaires Jobs.
- Visas: Passport Index Data, MIT licence.
- Indicators: World Bank (CC BY 4.0); refugees and displaced people: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder. Latest available year for each figure.
- Country profiles: The World Factbook (CIA), public domain, last edition (2025-2026).