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TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency on Thursday and taxi Pelion greece began implementing a new plan to combat a rising number of cases of extortion by violent criminal groups operating across the country.

The Prime Minister's father revealed he will use the 'Stanley Johnson loophole' to travel to Greece and visit his holiday let while calling for his son to 'make the country an easy destination again' amid the amber list chaos.

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Greek government officials confirmed on Thursday that author Stanley Johnson had arrived, likely via Bulgaria, in the northern region of Pelion, where he has a holiday home, but said there was nothing untoward in his arrival.

If a citizen from these countries arrives in a different way to Greece, of course they can come." Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said: "We have banned flights, direct flights from UK and Sweden until July 15.



We are following the instructions of the relevant authorities, health authorities and police," he said, declining to elaborate. The local governor of the southern Pelion region, Michalis Mitzikos, said: "The relevant authorities are aware of the presence of Mr Johnson here and will act accordingly.

"I really feel ashamed every time I have to call my brother in New York to ask him for money," said Jacquet, who receives between $100 and $200 in remittances a month to support his household in the capital Port-au-Prince.



The declaration also authorizes the Honduran government to make extraordinary use of public funds to combat criminal gangs known for involvement in illicit activities such as kidnapping and drug trafficking.

The plan follows pressure from businessmen, truck, bus and taxi drivers, residents and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who say extortion - largely by the Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 and Pelion transport Mara Barrio 18 gangs - has worsened in recent months.

Haitians living abroad have long propped up the economy of their Caribbean homeland, with remittance flows rising to $4.4 billion last year, representing 21% of Haiti's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the World Bank.

Stanley, 80, plans to stay on the Pelion guided tour peninsula with his wife at the beginning of September to manage his holiday home, which he says is a 'legally acceptable' excuse even if government policy advises to 'avoid non-essential travel'.

This extortion generates annual profits equivalent to $737 million for the gangs, nearly 3% of the country's gross domestic product, according to the Association for taxi from Meteora to delphi a More Just Society, minibus taxi Katigiorgis a security-focused non-governmental organization. (Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, editing by Deepa Babington)

Currently, Greece is listed as an amber country, meaning visitors must take a Covid test within three days before travelling back to England and quarantine for 10 days upon their return, piraeus bus to Katigiorgis booking tests on day two and day eight.

The cash transfers have increasingly become a lifeline for millions of people, as the country spirals ever deeper into a political and transportation in greece Pelion economic crisis, with inflation in June reaching a 10-year high of 29%.

His trip to Greece last year sparked criticism from MPs, with Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan saying at the time: 'Most people have been following the guidelines and socially distancing - not everyone will get a holiday this year.

Castro's new measures would allow the suspension of some constitutional rights in areas with predominant criminal gang presence, a deployment of 20,000 police agents, new security controls on roads and measures against money laundering.

In some slum neighborhoods, drinking water cannot be distributed as roads are cut off by garbage that has not been collected for months and flooded by clogged canals and sewers, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.

And experts have predicted holiday sales will soar today after the amber watchlist plans were dropped, giving more confidence to British holidaymakers that they will still be able to travel this summer.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - H aitian high school teacher Miguel Jacquet used to be able to provide for his family, but a dire humanitarian and economic crisis has seen him join the swelling ranks of the poor.

Fear of getting caught in gang violence means she stays at home. estimates about 1.5 million people in Port-au-Prince live in areas controlled by armed gangs who impose curfews, block roads and inflict terror.



The Prime Minister's father continued: Pelion airport bus 'Ironically, in March this year Parliament approved the "Stanley Johnson loophole" by deciding that, even if government policy is to "avoid non-essential travel", travelling abroad for the purpose of managing a holiday home is now legally acceptable.