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{{short description|Area where authorities are unable to enforce law or sovereignty}}
A "'''no-go area'''" or "'''no-go zone'''" is an area in a town barricaded off to civil authorities by a force such as a paramilitary, or an area barred to certain individuals or groups. The term has also been used to refer to areas:
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A "'''no-go area'''" or "'''no-go zone'''" is a neighborhood or other geographic area where some or all outsiders are either physically prevented from entering or can enter at risk. The term includes ]s, which are areas that are officially kept off-limits by the government, such as ]s and ]s. It also includes areas held by ]s, such as ]/], ] and ] organizations.<ref>Chaudhry, Rajeev. ''Violent Non-State Actors: Contours, Challenges and Consequences.'' CLAWS Journal - Winter 2013. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516234807/http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/2140418965_RajeevChaudhry.pdf|date=2018-05-16}}. Quote: ''Although the patterns of causation are not always clear, there is a correlation between a state's weakness and the emergence of one or another kind of VNSAs. States with low levels of legitimacy, for example, are unable to create or maintain the loyalty and allegiance of their populations. In these circumstances, individuals and groups typically revert to, or develop, alternative patterns of affiliation. The result is often the creation of "no-go" zones or spaces in which VNSAs emerge as a form of alternative governance.''</ref> In some cases, these areas have been held by ] organizations attempting to topple the government,<ref>{{citation|title=The Garden of Peace|author=David Wadley|journal=]|volume= 98|pages=650–685|number=3 |date=September 2008|jstor=25515147|doi=10.1080/00045600802099162|s2cid=145416224}}</ref> such as ], an area in ] that was held by the ] from 1969 to 1972. In other cases, the areas simply coexist alongside the state; an example is ], an area in ] essentially ruled by ] organizations from the 1950s to the 1970s.


In the 21st century, the term has most often been used to refer to areas that police or medical workers consider too dangerous to enter without heavy backup. Government officials and journalists from various European countries, including France<ref name="insecurite" /> and Germany,<ref name="merkel says" /> have used the term to describe neighborhoods within their own country. This usage of the term is controversial, generating significant debate over which areas, if any, are truly off-limits to police.<ref name="is molenbeek" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/trump-exaggerates-swedish-crime/|title=Trump Exaggerates Swedish Crime|last1=Farley|first1=Robert|last2=Robertson|first2=Lori|date=2017-02-20|website=FactCheck.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sweden-crime-no-go-zone-police/|title=FACT CHECK: Crime in Sweden, Part III: Does Sweden Have 'No-Go Zones' Where the Police Can't Enter?|website=Snopes.com|date=31 March 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref> Some ] and conservative commentators and politicians have falsely claimed that Western countries contain areas where national law has been displaced by ] and non-] are shunned.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Mackey|first=Robert|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/world/europe/fox-news-apologizes-for-false-claims-of-muslim-only-areas-in-england-and-france.html|title=Fox News Apologizes for False Claims of Muslim-Only Areas in England and France|date=2015-01-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="SnopesAnumber">{{citation|title=Caliph-ain't|date=January 18, 2015|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp|work=]|quote=A number of localities in the United States, France, and Britain are considered Muslim "no-go zones" (operating under Sharia Law) where local laws are not applicable. False.}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/01/paris-mayor-to-sue-fox-over-no-go-zone-comments/384656/|title=Why the Muslim 'No-Go-Zone' Myth Won't Die|last=Graham|first=David A.|date=2015-01-20|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref name="BusinessWeekDebunking">{{cite news|author=Carol Matlack|title=Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities|date=January 14, 2015|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-14/debunking-the-muslim-nogo-zone-myth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115083502/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-14/debunking-the-muslim-nogo-zone-myth|archive-date=January 15, 2015|newspaper=]|agency=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Batty |first1=David |title=How 'no-go zone' myth spread from fringes to mainstream UK politics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/02/how-no-go-zone-myth-spread-from-fringes-to-mainstream-uk-politics |access-date=1 July 2024 |date=2 Mar 2024}}</ref>
* Undergoing ] where ruling authorities have lost control and are unable to enforce ]<ref>{{citation|title=The Garden of Peace|author=David Wadley|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|volume= 98|pages=650–685|number=3 |date=September 2008|jstor=25515147|doi=10.1080/00045600802099162}}</ref>;
* That have a reputation for violence and crime which makes people frightened to go there<ref>{{citation|title=Definition of no-go area|publisher=] (online)|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/no-go-area|accessdate=2015-01-22}}</ref> ;
* That are inhabited by a ] that have their own laws and which are controlled by ]s have been described as "no-go zones".<ref>Chaudhry, Rajeev. ''Violent Non-State Actors: Contours, Challenges and Consequences.'' CLAWS Journal - Winter 2013. . Quote: ''Although the patterns of causation are not always clear, there is a correlation between state weakness and the emergence of one or another kind of VNSAs. States with low legitimacy, for example, are unable to create or maintain the loyalty and allegiance of their populations. In these circumstances, individuals and groups typically revert to, or develop, alternative patterns of affiliation. The result is often the creation of "no-go" zones or spaces in which VNSAs emerge as a form of alternative governance.''</ref>

Some types of no-go zones, such as ]s, ]s, or other declared ]s, may have a legal basis. ''De facto'' no-go zones may arise in conjunction with inadequate local governance or tactical advantage. The boundaries of ''de facto'' no-go zones are volatile and responsive to changes in security and tactical advantage. No-go zone boundaries can be negotiated between hostile parties or declared unilaterally by one side of a conflict. Other no-go zones are undeclared or unofficial, making accurate boundary identification difficult. No-go zones in which rescue or security services are unavailable enable unrestricted lethal violence.

==Historic no-go zones==


==Historical no-go areas==
===Hong Kong=== ===Hong Kong===
With no government enforcement from the British colonial government aside from a few raids by the ], the ] became a haven for crime and drugs. It was only during a 1959 trial for a murder that occurred within the Walled City that the Hong Kong government was ruled to have jurisdiction there. By this time, however, the Walled City was virtually ruled by the organised crime syndicates known as ]. Beginning in the 1950s, Triad groups such as the ] and ] gained a stranglehold on the Walled City's countless ]s, ], and ]s. The Walled City had become such a haven for criminals that police would venture into it only in large groups.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|last = Carney|first = John|title = Kowloon Walled City: Life in the City of Darkness|url = http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1191748/kowloon-walled-city-life-city-darkness|accessdate = 29 January 2014|newspaper = ]|date = 16 March 2013}}</ref> With no government enforcement from the British colonial government aside from a few raids by the ], the ] became a haven for crime and drugs. It was only during a 1959 trial for a murder that occurred within the Walled City that the Hong Kong government was ruled to have jurisdiction there. By this time, however, the Walled City was virtually ruled by the organised crime syndicates known as ]. Beginning in the 1950s, Triad groups such as the ] and ] gained a stranglehold on the Walled City's countless ]s, ], and ]s. The Walled City had become such a haven for criminals that police would venture into it only in large groups.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|last = Carney|first = John|title = Kowloon Walled City: Life in the City of Darkness|url = http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1191748/kowloon-walled-city-life-city-darkness|access-date = 29 January 2014|newspaper = ]|date = 16 March 2013}}</ref>


===Mexico=== ===Mexico===
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===Mozambique=== ===Mozambique===
During the ], the Mozambique Liberation Front (]) set up and defended no-go "liberated zones" in the north of the country.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Sure Road? Nationalisms in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AdYyAQAAQBAJ|publisher = BRILL|date = 2012-04-19|isbn = 9789004226012|first = Eric|last = Morier-Genoud}}</ref> During the ], the Mozambique Liberation Front (]) set up and defended no-go "liberated zones" in the north of the country.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Sure Road? Nationalisms in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AdYyAQAAQBAJ|publisher =] |date=December 2019|isbn = 978-90-04-22601-2|first = Eric|last = Morier-Genoud}}</ref>


===Northern Ireland=== ===Northern Ireland===
], the gable wall which once marked the entrance to ]]] ], the gable wall which once marked the entrance to ]]]
During ], the term was applied to urban areas in ] where the ] (RUC) and ] could not operate openly.<ref name=gillespie>Gillespie, Gordon. ''The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. pp.177-178</ref> Between 1969 and 1972, ]/] neighborhoods in ] and ] were sealed off with barricades by residents. The areas were policed by vigilantes and both ] and ] factions of the ] (IRA) operated openly.<ref>David McKittrick et al, ''Lost Lives'' (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2008) p. 176</ref> The most notable no-go area was called ]. During ], the term was applied to urban areas in ] where the ] (RUC) and ] could not operate openly.<ref name=gillespie>Gillespie, Gordon. (2009) ''The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict''. ] pp.177-178</ref> Between 1969 and 1972, ]/] neighborhoods in ] and ] were sealed off with barricades by residents. The areas were policed by vigilantes and both ] and ] factions of the ] (IRA) operated openly.<ref>David McKittrick et al, ''Lost Lives'' (Edinburgh: ], 2008) p. 176</ref> The most notable no-go area was called ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-06-30 |title=Introduction |url=http://www.museumoffreederry.org/introduction.html |access-date=2022-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630143958/http://www.museumoffreederry.org/introduction.html |archive-date=30 June 2007 }}</ref>


The areas' existence was a challenge to the authority of the British government. On 31 July 1972, the British Army demolished the barricades and re-established control in ].<ref>{{cite news|title=IRA left Derry 'before Operation Motorman'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16052382|accessdate=11 January 2015|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History – Operation Motorman|url=http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-motorman.html|website=The Museum of Free Derry|accessdate=11 January 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721104229/http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-motorman.html|archivedate=21 July 2010|df=}}</ref> It was the biggest British military operation since the ].<ref>. ] (CAIN).</ref> Although the areas were no longer barricaded, they remained areas where the British security forces found it difficult to operate and were regularly attacked.<ref name=gillespie/> As a result, they entered only in armored convoys and in certain circumstances, such as to launch house raids.<ref>{{citation|title=Alienation Once Again|author=Steve Bruce|journal=Fortnight|pages=18–19|number=317|date=May 1993| jstor=25554014}}</ref> Police presence in these areas remained contentious into the 2000s and the main republican political party, ], refused to support the police. In 2007, however, the party voted to support the new ] (PSNI). The areas' existence was a challenge to the authority of the British government. On 31 July 1972, the British Army demolished the barricades and re-established control in ].<ref>{{cite news|title=IRA left Derry 'before Operation Motorman'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16052382|access-date=11 January 2015|work=] |publisher=]|date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History – Operation Motorman|url=http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-motorman.html|website=The Museum of Free Derry|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721104229/http://www.museumoffreederry.org/history-motorman.html|archive-date=21 July 2010}}</ref> It was the biggest British military operation since the ].<ref>. ] (CAIN).</ref> Although the areas were no longer barricaded, they remained areas where the British security forces found it difficult to operate and were regularly attacked.<ref name=gillespie/> As a result, they entered only in armored convoys and in certain circumstances, such as to launch house raids.<ref>{{citation|title=Alienation Once Again|author=Steve Bruce|journal=]|pages=18–19|number=317|date=May 1993| jstor=25554014}}</ref> Barricaded no-go areas across several settlements in the region were set up once again by nationalist and republican rioters when ] after the ] ] parade in July 1997, just days before the second and final Provisional IRA ceasefire.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Carmel |title=RUC lists over 100 injured in disturbances |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ruc-lists-over-100-injured-in-disturbances-1.88831 |access-date=2022-05-09 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> The RUC and the British Army were forced to withdraw under fire from several Belfast neighbourhoods.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 1997 |title=IRA engages Crown Forces |url=https://republican-news.org/archive/1997/July10/10ira.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=republican-news.org |publisher=An Phoblacht}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 1997 |title=United Press International |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EKRUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fTsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5340,1766559&dq=catholic-and-ira-rioters&hl=en |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> Police presence in these areas remained contentious into the 2000s as the main republican political party, ], refused to support the police. In 2007, however, the party voted to support the new ] (PSNI).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69HzWaUM6bkC&dq=%22Police+Board%22+2007+%22Sinn+Fein%22&pg=PA22 |title=Policing: Development and Contemporary Practice |publisher=SAGE |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4462-4826-3 |pages=21–22 |language=en}}</ref> In July 2007, the ] published ''Operation Banner: An analysis of military operations in Northern Ireland'', which assesses the Army's role in the Northern Ireland conflict; the paper acknowledges that, as late as 2006, there were still "areas of Northern Ireland out of bounds to soldiers".<ref>''Operation Banner'', Chapter II, pg 16.</ref>


===Pakistan=== ===Pakistan===
The ] (FATA) were in actuality no-go areas for the Pakistani authorities, where the Pakistani police could not enter. The situation was changed temporarily with the ] in 2001, when the Pakistani government was supported by U.S. military forces. Currently FATA is no more a "no-go area" as it has been merged with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<ref>{{cite news|title= KP Assembly approves landmark bill merging Fata with province.|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1410351=|work=DAWN Pakistan|date=27 May 2018|accessdate=2018-10-10 }}</ref> The ] (FATA) were in actuality no-go areas for the Pakistani authorities, where the Pakistani police could not enter. The situation was changed temporarily with the ] in 2001, when the Pakistani government was supported by U.S. military forces. Currently FATA are no longer a "no-go area" as they have been merged with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<ref>{{cite news|title= KP Assembly approves landmark bill merging Fata with province.|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1410351=|work=]|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2018-10-10 }}</ref>


===Rhodesia=== ===Rhodesia===
The term "no-go area" has a military origin and was first used in the context of the ] in ].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} The war was fought in the 1960s and 1970s between the army of the predominantly white minority Rhodesian government and communist-backed ] groups. The term "no-go area" has a military origin and was first used in the context of the ] in ].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} The war was fought in the 1960s and 1970s between the army of the predominantly white minority Rhodesian government and ] groups.


The initial military strategy of the government was to seal the borders to prevent assistance to the guerrillas from other countries. However, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule in ] and ], and especially the arrival of some 500,000 ]n armed forces and tens of thousands of ] troops,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} this became untenable and the white minority government adopted an alternative strategy ("mobile counter offensive"). This involved defending only key economic areas, transport links ("vital asset ground"), and the white civilian population. The government lost control of the rest of the country to the guerilla forces, but carried out counter-guerilla operations including "]" in the so-called "no-go areas,"<ref>{{citation|title=The Rhodesian War: A Military History|first1=Paul L. |last1=Moorcraft | first2=Peter |last2=McLaughlin |publisher=Stackpole Books|edition=2010 reprint | year=2008 | isbn=9780811707251 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oL-jaeM63P8C&pg=PA38|p=38}} note - first printed in South Africa in 1982 by Sygma Books and Collins Vaal</ref> where white civilians were advised not to go. The initial military strategy of the government was to seal the borders to prevent assistance to the guerrillas from other countries. However, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule in ] and ], this became untenable and the white minority government adopted an alternative strategy ("mobile counter offensive"). This involved defending only key economic areas, transport links ("vital asset ground"), and the white civilian population. The government lost control of the rest of the country to the guerilla forces, but carried out counter-guerilla operations including "]" in the so-called "no-go areas,"<ref>{{citation|title=The Rhodesian War: A Military History|first1=Paul L. |last1=Moorcraft | first2=Peter |last2=McLaughlin |publisher=Stackpole Books|edition=2010 reprint | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8117-0725-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oL-jaeM63P8C&pg=PA38|page=38}} note - first printed in South Africa in 1982 by Sygma Books and Collins Vaal</ref> where white civilians were advised not to go.

===Turkey===
After the ], the Turkish communist guerillas established "liberated" no-go zones.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Turkish Army Moves Against Leftists' 'Liberated Zone'|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/07/25/turkish-army-moves-against-leftists-liberated-zone/6423275f-fb22-4c76-a1f2-c64f3deeb777/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 1980-07-25|accessdate = 2015-11-18|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Metin|last = Munir}}</ref>


===Venezuela=== ===Venezuela===
] ]
In 2013, the Venezuelan government negotiated with large criminal gangs on how to prevent violence and agreed to avoid policing gang territory in what were known as "peace zones", reinforcing criminal behaviors and making gang practices ''de facto'' law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://runrun.es/%20nacional/venezuela-2/212961/10-claves-para-entender-las-zonas-de-paz.html|title=10 claves para entender las Zonas de Paz|last=|first=|date=15 July 2015|website=]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref> According to ], there are over a dozen mega-gangs in Venezuela, with some having up to 300 members.<ref name=":02" /> In 2013, the Venezuelan government negotiated with large criminal gangs on how to prevent violence and agreed to set up demilitarized areas as "peace zones". The concept behind the zones was to provide gang members with economic resources and construction materials in exchange for the surrender of the gang's weapons, with the understanding that the resources would be used to repair local infrastructure. The Venezuelan government hoped that through this process, gang members would disarm and become law-abiding and productive members of society. In addition, the then-deputy Minister of the Interior reportedly agreed verbally to avoid police patrols within the zones, should the gangs agree to disarm. The plan backfired as the gang members used the money and resources given to them by the government in exchange for their weapons to acquire more powerful weapons and began committing yet more crimes and violence within the zones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://runrun.es/%20nacional/venezuela-2/212961/10-claves-para-entender-las-zonas-de-paz.html|title=10 claves para entender las Zonas de Paz|date=15 July 2015|website=]|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref> According to ], there are over a dozen mega-gangs in Venezuela, with some having up to 300 members.


==Alleged and acknowledged contemporary no-go areas== ==Alleged contemporary no-go areas==
The following are areas that have been described as no-go areas in recent years, though in some cases the characterization has been disputed.


===Belgium=== ===Belgium===
In the wake of the ], the ] municipality in ] was described in many media reports as a "no-go area", where gang violence and Islamic fundamentalism had fed on Molenbeek's marginalisation, despair and festering resentment of authority.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Visiting Molenbeek - home of two of the gunmen in the Paris attack|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-terror-attacks-visiting-molenbeek-the-police-no-go-zone-that-was-home-to-two-of-the-gunmen-a6735551.html|website = The Independent|accessdate = 2015-11-16|language = en-GB|date = 2015-11-15}}</ref> In 2015 Belgium's home affairs minister said that the government did not "have control of the situation in Molenbeek" and that terrorists' links to this district were a "gigantic problem".<ref>{{Cite news|title = Belgian Minister Says Government Lacks Control Over Neighborhood Linked to Terror Plots|url = https://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/belgium-doesnt-have-control-over-molenbeek-interior-minister-says/|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2015-11-15|accessdate = 2015-11-20|first = Kimiko De|last = Freytas-tamura|first2 = Milan|last2 = Schreuer}}</ref> Other academics, commentators, journalists and residents have contested the description of Molenbeek as a no-go zone.<ref>Robert Chalmers , ''GQ Magazine'' 21 June 2017</ref><ref>Hans Vandecandelaere Goethe-Institut Brüssel, September 2016 "Hans Vandecandelaere is a writer and historian. For one of his books, "In Molenbeek" (Epo, 2015), he spent three years interviewing experts along with 200 of Old Molenbeek's residents to present a kaleidoscopic view of this stigmatised suburb."</ref><ref name="Residents">, Vice, May 22, 2017</ref> In the wake of the ], the ] municipality in ] was described by Brice De Ruyver, a security adviser to Prime Minister ], as a "no-go zone", where youths drawn to petty crime end up in conflict with police.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Visiting Molenbeek - home of two of the gunmen in the Paris attack|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-terror-attacks-visiting-molenbeek-the-police-no-go-zone-that-was-home-to-two-of-the-gunmen-a6735551.html|newspaper=]|access-date = 2015-11-16|language = en-GB|date = 2015-11-15}}</ref> Other academics, commentators, journalists and residents have contested the description of Molenbeek as a no-go zone.<ref name="is molenbeek">Robert Chalmers , ''GQ Magazine'' 21 June 2017</ref><ref>Hans Vandecandelaere Goethe-Institut Brüssel, September 2016 "Hans Vandecandelaere is a writer and historian. For one of his books, "In Molenbeek" (Epo, 2015), he spent three years interviewing experts along with 200 of Old Molenbeek's residents to present a kaleidoscopic view of this stigmatised suburb."</ref><ref name="Residents">, Vice, May 22, 2017</ref>


===Brazil=== ===Brazil===
Some slum areas (known as '']s'') in Brazil, most notably in ], are controlled by gangs with automatic weapons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2010/11/25/a-rota-de-fuga-dos-traficantes-da-vila-cruzeiro-para-complexo-do-alemao-923110808.asp|title=A rota de fuga dos traficantes da Vila Cruzeiro para o Complexo do Alemão|website=O Globo|language=pt-BR|accessdate=2016-03-15|date=2010-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/arquivo/cidades/2002/not20020609p17850.htm|title=Repórter foi capturado, torturado e morto por traficantes - Brasil - Estadão|website=Estadão|accessdate=2016-03-15}}</ref> Police and investigative reporters have been tortured and killed there, such as ] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2002/tim-lopes.php|title=Tim Lopes - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists|website=cpj.org|accessdate=2016-03-15}}</ref> Attempts at clearing up such areas have led to ]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/americas/29brazil.html|title=Brazilian Forces Claim Victory Over Gangs in Rio Slum|last=Domit|first=Myrna|date=2010-11-28|last2=Barrionuevo|first2=Alexei|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=2016-03-15}}</ref> as well as ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4770469.stm|title=More die in fresh Brazil violence|date=2006-05-14|newspaper=BBC|accessdate=2016-03-15}}</ref> Some slum areas (known as '']s'') in Brazil, most notably in ], are controlled by gangs with automatic weapons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2010/11/25/a-rota-de-fuga-dos-traficantes-da-vila-cruzeiro-para-complexo-do-alemao-923110808.asp|title=A rota de fuga dos traficantes da Vila Cruzeiro para o Complexo do Alemão|website=O Globo|language=pt-BR|access-date=2016-03-15|date=2010-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.estadao.com.br/arquivo/cidades/2002/not20020609p17850.htm|title=Repórter foi capturado, torturado e morto por traficantes - Brasil - Estadão|newspaper=]|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> Police and investigative reporters have been tortured and killed there, such as ] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpj.org/killed/2002/tim-lopes.php|title=Tim Lopes - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists|website=cpj.org|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> Attempts at clearing up such areas have led to ]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/americas/29brazil.html|title=Brazilian Forces Claim Victory Over Gangs in Rio Slum|last1=Domit|first1=Myrna|date=2010-11-28|last2=Barrionuevo|first2=Alexei|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> as well as ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4770469.stm|title=More die in fresh Brazil violence|date=2006-05-14|newspaper=BBC|access-date=2016-03-15}}</ref> These organized crime organizations are known in Brazil as "Factions" (Facções in Portuguese), the two largest are the ] or "First Command of the Capital" in English from ], and the ], "Red Command" in English, a faction from the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/08/brazilian-organized-crime-is-all-grown-up/|title=Brazilian organized crime is all grown up|date=8 August 2019 |access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref>


===France=== ===France===
{{See|Sensitive urban zone}} {{Further|Sensitive urban zone}}
It has been falsely claimed that France has Muslim-only no-go zones that are under ] law.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-14/debunking-the-muslim-nogo-zone-myth|title=Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities|date=2015-01-14|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2020-03-18|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Mackey|first=Robert|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/world/europe/fox-news-apologizes-for-false-claims-of-muslim-only-areas-in-england-and-france.html|title=Fox News Apologizes for False Claims of Muslim-Only Areas in England and France|date=2015-01-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sharia-law-muslim-no-go-zones/|title=FACT CHECK: Sharia Law Muslim 'No-Go' Zones?|website=Snopes.com|date=12 January 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref>
An early usage of the term regarding Europe was in a 2002 opinion piece by ] in '']'', where he wrote about France, "Arab gangs regularly vandalize synagogues here, the North African suburbs have become no-go zones at night, and the French continue to shrug their shoulders."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wake up to the problem : Separate and unequal in France |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/opinion/27iht-edignatius_ed3__0.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2002 |first=David |last=Ignatius}}</ref> ], a municipality (]) in the ], was described by police as a no-go zone.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zn7BAgAAQBAJ|publisher = Cambridge University Press|date = 2013-11-25|isbn = 9781107649415|first = Mark|last = Abrahamson|page = 76}}</ref>


An early usage of the term regarding Europe was in a 2002 opinion piece by ] in '']'', where he wrote about France, "Arab gangs regularly vandalize synagogues here, the North African suburbs have become no-go zones at night, and the French continue to shrug their shoulders." Ignatius said the violence resulting in the no-go zone had come about due to inequality and racism directed towards French people of colour.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wake up to the problem: Separate and unequal in France |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/opinion/27iht-edignatius_ed3__0.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2002 |first=David |last=Ignatius}}</ref> ], a poverty-stricken municipality (]) in the ] whose residents felt the authorities had neglected them due to racism, was described by police as a no-go zone for officers without reinforcements.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Urban Sociology: A Global Introduction|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zn7BAgAAQBAJ|publisher = Cambridge University Press|date = 2013-11-25|isbn = 978-1-107-64941-5|first = Mark|last = Abrahamson|page = 76}}</ref>
In 2010, ] of French newspaper '']'' called certain neighborhoods of the southern city ] "veritable lawless zones", saying they had become too dangerous to travel in at night. He added that the same was true in parts of ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Insécurité : "C'était intenable, nous sommes partis" (fr) |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2010/07/31/01016-20100731ARTFIG00004-insecurite-c-etait-intenable-nous-sommes-partis.php |work=Le Figaro |date=August 3, 2010 |first=Raphaël |last=Stainville}}</ref> In 2012, {{Interlanguage link multi|Gilles Demailly|fr|3=Gilles Demailly}}, the mayor of the French city ], in the wake of several riots, called the northern part of his city a lawless zone, where one could no longer order a pizza or call for a doctor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amiens-Nord, une "zone de non-droit"? (fr) |url=http://www.europe1.fr/france/amiens-nord-une-zone-de-non-droit-1204941 |date=August 15, 2012 |authors=Marie-Laure Combes, Aurélien Fleurot |work=Europe1}}</ref> In 2014, ], a scholar of the Middle East, labelled the northern city of ], as well as parts of ], "mini-Islamic states", saying that the authority of the state is completely absent there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Des "mini Etats islamiques" en France (fr) |url=http://www.rts.ch/play/tv/le-19h30/video/des-mini-etats-islamiques-en-france?id=6176389 |work=Radio Télévision Suisse |date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> American magazines '']''<ref>], , ], 2005-11-20;</ref> and '']''<ref>Donald Morrison, , ], 2015-01-08;</ref> have also used the term to describe parts of France.


In 2010, ] of French newspaper '']'' called certain neighborhoods of the southern city ] "veritable lawless zones", saying they had become too dangerous to travel in at night. He added that the same was true in parts of ] and ].<ref name="insecurite">{{cite web |title=Insécurité: "C'était intenable, nous sommes partis" (fr) |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2010/07/31/01016-20100731ARTFIG00004-insecurite-c-etait-intenable-nous-sommes-partis.php |work=Le Figaro |date=August 3, 2010 |first=Raphaël |last=Stainville}}</ref> In 2012, {{Interlanguage link|Gilles Demailly|fr|3=Gilles Demailly}}, the mayor of the French city ], in the wake of several riots, called the northern part of his city a lawless zone, where one could no longer order a pizza or call for a doctor. The head of a local association said institutional violence had contributed to the tensions resulting in the no-go zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amiens-Nord, une "zone de non-droit"? (fr) |url=http://www.europe1.fr/france/amiens-nord-une-zone-de-non-droit-1204941 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815071415/http://www.europe1.fr/France/Amiens-Nord-une-zone-de-non-droit-1204941/ |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |date=August 15, 2012 |author=Marie-Laure Combes |author2=Aurélien Fleurot |work=Europe1}}</ref>{{Verify quote|date=February 2021}} In 2014, ], a scholar of the Middle East, labelled the northern city of ], as well as parts of ], "mini-Islamic states", saying that the authority of the state is completely absent there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Des "mini Etats islamiques" en France (fr) |url=http://www.rts.ch/play/tv/le-19h30/video/des-mini-etats-islamiques-en-france?id=6176389 |work=Radio Télévision Suisse |date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> In 2005 France's domestic ], the ], identified 150 "no-go zones" around the country where police would not enter without reinforcements. ], writing in '']'', said the situation had arisen due to racism towards immigrants.<ref>], , '']'', 2005-11-20</ref>
In January 2015, after the ] in Paris, various American media, including the news cable channels ] and ], described the existence of no-go zones across Europe and in France in particular. In some cases, the French areas termed "]s"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Combien de ZSP ? / ZSP / 2013 / Archives des actualités / Archives - Ministère de l'Intérieur |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Archives/Archives-des-actualites/2013/ZSP/Combien-de-ZSP |date=2015-11-19 |accessdate=2015-11-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119162809/http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Archives/Archives-des-actualites/2013/ZSP/Combien-de-ZSP |archivedate=November 19, 2015}}</ref> were described as no-go zones.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/13/nigel-farage-ukip-no-go-zones-non-muslim-france-charlie-hebdo |title=Nigel Farage tells Fox News there are no-go zones for non-Muslims in France |newspaper=The Guardian |author=Rajeev Syal |date=January 13, 2015 |accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/20/cnn-too-trafficked-in-no-go-zone-chatter/|title=CNN, too, trafficked in 'no-go zone' chatter|work=Washington Post|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> Both networks were criticized for these statements,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/21/cnn-again-hammers-fox-news-over-no-go-zones-with-a-touch-of-hypocrisy/|title=CNN again hammers Fox News over 'no-go zones,' with a touch of hypocrisy|work=Washington Post|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> and anchors on both networks later apologized for the characterizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/19/fox-news-retracts-allegation-of-no-go-zones-for-non-muslims/ |title=Fox News retracts allegations of "no-go zones" for non-Muslims in England and France |work=Washington Post |author=Eugene Volokh |date=January 19, 2015 |accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = Brian Stelter | title = Fox News apologizes 4 times for inaccurate comments about Muslims in Europe| url = http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/18/media/fox-apologizes-for-anti-islam-comments/index.html| website = CNN Money |date=January 18, 2015| accessdate = January 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/01/anderson-cooper-apology-no-go-zone-cnn-1201355227/|title=CNN's Anderson Cooper Apologizes On Air For "No-Go Zone" Remarks - Deadline|author=Lisa de Moraes|work=Deadline|accessdate=23 January 2015|date=2015-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/22/cnns-anderson-cooper-acknowledges-mistake-on-no-go-zones/|title=CNN's Anderson Cooper acknowledges mistake on 'no-go zones'|work=Washington Post|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> The mayor of Paris, ], said that she intended to sue Fox News for its statements.<ref>{{citation|title=Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News|author1=Gregory Wallace |author2=Brian Stelter| publisher = CNN Money|date=January 20, 2015|url=http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/paris-mayor-sue-fox-news/index.html}}</ref>{{Update inline|reason=Did she/Paris sue?|date=April 2017}}

In January 2015, after the ] in Paris, various American media, including the news cable channels ] and ], described the existence of no-go zones across Europe and in France in particular.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/13/nigel-farage-ukip-no-go-zones-non-muslim-france-charlie-hebdo |title=Nigel Farage tells Fox News there are no-go zones for non-Muslims in France |newspaper=] |first1=Rajeev |last1=Syal |date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/20/cnn-too-trafficked-in-no-go-zone-chatter/|title=CNN, too, trafficked in 'no-go zone' chatter|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> Both networks were criticized for these statements,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/21/cnn-again-hammers-fox-news-over-no-go-zones-with-a-touch-of-hypocrisy/|title=CNN again hammers Fox News over 'no-go zones,' with a touch of hypocrisy|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> and anchors on both networks later apologized for the mistaken characterizations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/19/fox-news-retracts-allegation-of-no-go-zones-for-non-muslims/ |title=Fox News retracts allegations of "no-go zones" for non-Muslims in England and France |newspaper=Washington Post |author=Eugene Volokh |date=January 19, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = Brian Stelter | title = Fox News apologizes 4 times for inaccurate comments about Muslims in Europe| url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/01/18/media/fox-apologizes-for-anti-islam-comments/index.html| work =] |date=January 18, 2015| access-date = January 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/anderson-cooper-apology-no-go-zone-cnn-1201355227/|title=CNN's Anderson Cooper Apologizes On Air For "No-Go Zone" Remarks - Deadline|author=Lisa de Moraes|work=Deadline|access-date=23 January 2015|date=2015-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/22/cnns-anderson-cooper-acknowledges-mistake-on-no-go-zones/|title=CNN's Anderson Cooper acknowledges mistake on 'no-go zones'|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> The mayor of Paris, ], said that she intended to sue Fox News for its statements.<ref>{{citation|title=Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News|author1=Gregory Wallace |author2=Brian Stelter| publisher = CNN Money|date=January 20, 2015|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/paris-mayor-sue-fox-news/index.html}}</ref> After complaints Fox News issued an apology, saying that there was "no credible information to support the assertion there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/3995699587001/fox-news-apologizes-for-european-muslim-population-errors/?#sp=show-clips|title=Fox News apologizes for European Muslim population errors|work=Fox News|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/18/fox-news-apologises-terror-pundit-birmingham-muslim-comments|title=Fox News apologises for terror pundit's 'Birmingham totally Muslim' comments|work=the Guardian|date=18 January 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/18/fox-news-corrects-apologizes-for-no-go-zone-remarks/|title=Fox News corrects, apologizes for 'no-go zone' remarks|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> '']'' columnist Donald Morrison, writing in '']'' in the wake of the shooting, wrote that "the word '']'' ("suburb") now connotes a no-go zone of high-rise slums, drug-fueled crime, failing schools and poor, largely Muslim immigrants and their angry offspring" and that France has not succeeded in integrating minorities into national life.<ref>Donald Morrison, , '']'', 2015-01-08</ref>


===Germany=== ===Germany===
A sociology paper published in 2009 said that right-wing extremists had been discussing the creation of no-go areas in Western Europe since the 1980s.<ref>{{citation|title=Right-wing Extremism and No-go-areas in Germany | first=Lukáš |last=Novotný|journal=Sociologický Časopis / Czech Sociological Review|volume=45 | pages=591–609 |number=3 |date=June 2009|jstor=41132745}}</ref> It described attempts to create "national liberated zones" (''national befreite Zonen'') in Germany: "'no-go-areas', which are areas dominated by ]s,"<ref>Novotny p. 591</ref> attributing their appeal in the former DDR to "the unmet promises of modernisation and the poor socio-cultural conditions that offer no perspectives to young people".<ref>Novotny p.596</ref> Whether or not Germany actually had no-go zones was disputed: the paper concluded "according to ... state officials, the police and other relevant institutions, does not actually exist ... by contrast, the national press in Germany, various civic associations, and also experts acknowledge and give examples of the existence of no-go areas."<ref>Novotny p.605</ref> A sociology paper published in 2009 said that right-wing extremists had been discussing the creation of no-go areas in Western Europe since the 1980s.<ref>{{citation|title=Right-wing Extremism and No-go-areas in Germany | first=Lukáš |last=Novotný|journal=Czech Sociological Review|volume=45 | pages=591–609 |number=3 |date=June 2009| doi=10.13060/00380288.2009.45.3.05 |jstor=41132745|doi-access=free }}</ref> It described attempts to create "national liberated zones" (''national befreite Zonen'') in Germany: "'no-go-areas', which are areas dominated by ]s,"<ref>Novotny p. 591</ref> attributing their appeal in the former DDR to "the unmet promises of modernisation and the poor socio-cultural conditions that offer no perspectives to young people".<ref>Novotny p.596</ref> Whether or not Germany actually had no-go zones was disputed: the paper concluded "according to ... state officials, the police and other relevant institutions, does not actually exist ... by contrast, the national press in Germany, various civic associations, and also experts acknowledge and give examples of the existence of no-go areas."<ref>Novotny p.605</ref>


In a February 2018 interview, ] ] stated that there are no-go areas in Germany, saying, "There are such areas and one has to call them by their name and do something about them."<ref name="merkel says">{{cite news|title=Merkel says Germany has 'no-go areas'; gov't won't say where|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-says-germany-has-no-go-areas-govt-wont-say-where/2018/02/28/00993bd0-1ca9-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html|access-date=2 March 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=The Associated Press|date=28 February 2018|quote=The notion there are places in Germany outsiders — including police — can't visit has previously been dismissed by officials.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228205429/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-says-germany-has-no-go-areas-govt-wont-say-where/2018/02/28/00993bd0-1ca9-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html|archive-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> This came in the context of arguing for a ] policy in German policing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7847/3877548|title=RTL Aktuell heute, 18:45 Uhr: Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel im Interview: "Ich hoffe, dass auch viele SPD-Mitglieder die Verantwortung verspüren, dass Deutschland eine gute Regierung braucht"|work=presseportal.de|access-date=2018-02-28|language=de}}</ref>
In a 2011 interview, {{Interlanguage link multi|Bernhard Witthaut|de|3=Bernhard Witthaut}}, then president of the German police union ] (GdP), stated that in some areas police would always respond to alerts with more than two officers because of concerns of policemen to become target of crime themselves.<ref>{{cite web |title=In Problemvierteln fürchtet sich sogar die Polizei (de) |url=https://www.derwesten.de/politik/in-problemvierteln-fuerchtet-sich-sogar-die-polizei-id4926287.html |work=Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung |date=August 1, 2011 |first=Dietmar |last=Seher}}</ref> In 2016, Rainer Wendt head of the smaller Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft (DPolG) stated that areas exist where police "hardly dare to stop a car Because they know that they'll be surrounded by 40 or 50 men". In 2017, Wendt warned that Germany faced a risk of "police-free zones in Germany".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article161024877/Wendt-warnt-vor-polizeifreien-Zonen-in-Deutschland.html|title=Rainer Wendt warnt vor 'polizeifreien Zonen' in Deutschland|date=2017-01-10|work=] |access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>


A 2023 article about Berlin defined "no-go zones for Jews" as "city areas Jews should avoid to reduce the likelihood of being attacked... inner-city districts in which Jews are recommended not to identify as Jews".<ref name="Sikorski">{{cite journal |last1=von Sikorski |first1=Christian |last2=Merz |first2=Pascal |title=No-go zone for Jews? Examining how news on anti-Semitic attacks increases victim blaming |journal=Communications |date=18 February 2023 |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=539–550 |doi=10.1515/commun-2021-0145 |s2cid=256901910 |language=en |issn=1613-4087|doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2024, The Telegraph reported that ], Berlin Chief of Police, said that visibly Jewish and gay people should "be more careful." In the same interview, Slowik said that violent crimes against Jewish people were "few and far between."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luyken |first=Jörg |date=2024-11-18 |title=Jews and gay people should hide identity in 'Arab neighbourhoods', says Berlin police chief |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/18/jews-gay-people-hide-identity-arab-areas-germany/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Berlin Police chief warns Jews, gay people to 'be careful' in Arab neighborhoods |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/berlin-police-chief-warns-jews-gay-people-to-be-careful-in-arab-neighborhoods/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The New Arab reported that Slowik had been criticized for mis-categorizing crimes as anti-semitic when the victims were not Jewish but where the circumstances of the crime involved criticism of Israel and said that German police regularly ignored complaints of Islamophobic violence despite a 113% increase in such crimes in 2023.<ref name="NewArab">{{cite journal |last1=Alam |first1=Anam |title=Berlin police chief sparks outrage over anti-Arab 'safety advice' for Jews, LGBTQ+ people |journal=The New Arab |date=20 November 2024 |language=en |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/berlin-police-chief-sparks-outrage-over-safety-advice-jews}}</ref>
In a February 2018 interview, ] ] stated that there are no-go areas in Germany, saying, "There are such areas and one has to call them by their name and do something about them."<ref name="merkel says">{{cite news|title=Merkel says Germany has 'no-go areas'; gov't won't say where|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-says-germany-has-no-go-areas-govt-wont-say-where/2018/02/28/00993bd0-1ca9-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html|accessdate=2 March 2018|work=The Washington Post|agency=The Associated Press|date=28 February 2018|quote=The notion there are places in Germany outsiders — including police — can't visit has previously been dismissed by officials.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228205429/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-says-germany-has-no-go-areas-govt-wont-say-where/2018/02/28/00993bd0-1ca9-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html|archive-date=2018-02-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> This came in the context of arguing for a ] policy in German policing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7847/3877548|title=RTL Aktuell heute, 18:45 Uhr: Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel im Interview: "Ich hoffe, dass auch viele SPD-Mitglieder die Verantwortung verspüren, dass Deutschland eine gute Regierung braucht"|work=presseportal.de|access-date=2018-02-28|language=de}}</ref> It appeared to be the first time that a German government politician had stated that no-go areas exist in the country.<ref name="merkel says" />


=== Kenya === === Kenya ===
In ], the ongoing conflict in ], where the terrorist organization ] controls territory, has severely affected the security situation even on the Kenyan side of the border. There have been terrorist attacks and kidnappings in Kenya followed by a Kenyan intervention, ], and police crackdowns. These have affected counties bordering Somalia and in ], the suburb of ], which is inhabited mostly by ]. The U.S. government prohibits its personnel from traveling to the counties bordering Somalia: ], ] and ] and ], ] county and ] county north of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/kenya-travel-advisory.html|title=Kenya Travel Advisory|website=travel.state.gov}}</ref> The area has been called a "no-go zone for travellers" because of terrorism and internal conflicts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldnomads.com/travel-safety/africa/kenya/the-realities-of-kenya-crime|title=How Bad Is Crime in Kenya? Tips to Travel Safely|first=World|last=Nomads|website=www.worldnomads.com}}</ref> Already in 2004, Eastleigh was described as a no-go zone for Kenyan authorities after dark.<ref>Menkhaus, Ken. ''Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism''. The Adelphi Papers, Volume 44, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1080/714027945</ref> In 2012, in travel advisories issued by the U.S. and U.K. governments, Eastleigh was temporarily declared a no-go zone because of bombings and ongoing conflict.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/world-policy-journal/article/30/3/99/84973/The-Somali-Question|title=The Somali Question|first=Mwaura|last=Samora|date=4 November 2018|journal=World Policy Journal|volume=30|issue=3|pages=99–106|doi=10.1177/0740277513506387}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/22706-us-government-issues-warning-ahead-kenyas-october-elections|title=US Government Issues Warning Ahead of Kenya's October Elections|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/how-to-get-travel-insurance-for-a-no-go-zone-10362896.html|title=How to get travel insurance for a no-go zone|publisher=|date=2015-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/kenya/daily-nation-kenya/20170910/281659665199091|title=PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News|website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> In ], the ongoing conflict in ], where the terrorist organization ] controls territory, has severely affected the security situation even on the Kenyan side of the border. There have been terrorist attacks and kidnappings in Kenya followed by a Kenyan intervention, ], and police crackdowns. These have affected counties bordering Somalia and in ], the suburb of ], which is inhabited mostly by ]. By 2004, Eastleigh was described as a no-go zone for Kenyan authorities after dark.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Menkhaus |first=Ken |date=2004-04-01 |title=Introduction |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/714027945 |journal=The Adelphi Papers |volume=44 |issue=364 |pages=7–13 |doi=10.1080/714027945 |issn=0567-932X}}</ref>


=== Israel and Palestine === === Israel and Palestine ===
{{main|2018 Gaza border protests#Gaza's "no-go zone" and border barrier}} {{main|2018 Gaza border protests#Gaza's "no-go zone" and border barrier}}
The ] (IDF) maintains a ] on the ] and declares "no-go zones", where they may use lethal force to enforce the security exclusion zone.<ref name=tandf/> An IDF spokesman said that "residents of the Gaza Strip are required not to come any closer than 300 meters from the security fence", although there is some allowance for farmers to approach up to 100 meters if they do so on foot only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gisha.org/legal/4577|title=Gisha - IDF spokesman provides contradictory answers regarding the width of the "no-go zone" which residents of the Gaza Strip are prohibited from entering|website=gisha.org}}</ref> The ] said that the no-go zones include about 30% of the ] in the Gaza strip, and a small number of residents farm in the exclusion zones despite the risk of military action.<ref name=tandf>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1080/13604813.2017.1331566|title = Farming the front line|journal = City|volume = 21|issue = 3–4|pages = 448–465|year = 2017|last1 = Smith|first1 = Ron J.|last2 = Isleem|first2 = Martin}} (subscription required for access to full article)</ref> Unlike a legal ], the no-go zone is declared unilaterally in occupied territory, without acknowledgement or cooperation of Palestinian authorities, and as such can be considered a disputed no-go zone. It is considered unlawful by the Swedish organization Diakonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diakonia.se/en/IHL/where-we-work/Occupied-Palestinian-Territory/Administration-of-Occupation/Gaza-Blockade-Land--Sea/Land-Buffer-Zone/|title=The Legality of the Land "Buffer Zone" in the Gaza Strip - Diakonia|website=www.diakonia.se}}</ref> The ] (IDF) maintains a ] on the ] and declares "no-go zones", where they may use lethal force to enforce the security exclusion zone.<ref name=tandf/> An IDF spokesman said that "residents of the Gaza Strip are required not to come any closer than 300 meters from the security fence", although there is some allowance for farmers to approach up to 100 meters if they do so on foot only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gisha.org/legal/4577|title=Gisha - IDF spokesman provides contradictory answers regarding the width of the "no-go zone" which residents of the Gaza Strip are prohibited from entering|website=gisha.org|date=11 August 2015|access-date=7 December 2017|archive-date=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002014109/http://gisha.org/legal/4577|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ] said that the no-go zones include about 30% of the ] in the Gaza strip, and a small number of residents farm in the exclusion zones despite the risk of military action.<ref name=tandf>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1080/13604813.2017.1331566|title = Farming the front line|journal = City|volume = 21|issue = 3–4|pages = 448–465|year = 2017|last1 = Smith|first1 = Ron J.|last2 = Isleem|first2 = Martin| bibcode=2017City...21..448S |s2cid = 149231524}} (subscription required for access to full article)</ref> Unlike a legal ], the no-go zone is declared unilaterally in occupied territory, without acknowledgement or cooperation of Palestinian authorities, and as such can be considered a disputed no-go zone. It is considered unlawful by the Swedish organization Diakonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diakonia.se/en/IHL/where-we-work/Occupied-Palestinian-Territory/Administration-of-Occupation/Gaza-Blockade-Land--Sea/Land-Buffer-Zone/|title=The Legality of the Land "Buffer Zone" in the Gaza Strip - Diakonia|website=diakonia.se}}</ref>

=== Malaysia ===
The ] is a location of an illegal Filipino colony, called ''Kampung Lok Urai'', with stilt houses girdling the beach. Both the ] and the ] do not officially recognise the settlement and the inhabitants as the inhabitants are known as ]. It has a 6,000 floating population of largely Filipinos ] and ]. It is considered a dangerous, high crime or "no-go" area by the police and the locals.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/07/06/facebook-campaign-remove-sabah-cm-illegal-immigrant-issue/|title = Facebook campaign to remove Sabah CM over illegal immigrant issue|author = Sean Agustin|newspaper = The Rakyat Post|date = 6 July 2014|accessdate = 7 July 2014}}</ref>


=== South Africa === === South Africa ===
The term "no-go zone" has been informally applied to high-crime neighborhoods in South African cities. In ], the ] policy created segregated neighborhoods where whites risked being removed or victimized in black-only neighborhoods and vice versa. Because of the ] system, many urban inhabitants lived in the city illegally per apartheid laws. For example, in ], ] was a neighborhood where many of those evicted were relocated. It became a "no-go area" as it was controlled by criminal gangs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=WmQMDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT192&lpg=PT192&dq=%22cape+flats%22+%22no-go%22#v=onepage&q=%22cape+flats%22+%22no-go%22&f=false|title=Fear and Loathing on the Oche: A Gonzo Journey Through the World of Championship Darts (Shortlisted for the 2018 William Hill Sports Book of the Year)|first=King|last=ADZ|date=2 November 2017|publisher=Random House|via=Google Books|isbn=9781473549074}}</ref> However, many of these areas have experienced significant ]; for example, ] in ] has experience significant urban renewal and cannot be described as a no-go zone anymore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-clark/4-ways-to-see-the-real-cape-town_b_8031918.html|title=4 Ways to See the 'Real' Cape Town: An Expat's Guide|website=HuffPost|date=2015-08-25}}</ref> Nevertheless, MiX Telematics uses the term "no-go zones" to warn drivers of the risk of ] and other crime in its proprietary Matrix vehicle tracking software.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matrix.co.za/no-go-hotspots|title=Avoid Crime Hotspots With Driver No-Go Zone Alerts|publisher=}}</ref> The term "no-go zone" has been informally applied to high-crime neighborhoods in South African cities. In ], the ] policy created segregated neighborhoods where whites risked being removed or victimized in black-only neighborhoods and vice versa. Because of the ] system, many urban inhabitants lived in the city illegally per apartheid laws. For example, in ], ] was a neighborhood where many of those evicted were relocated. It became a "no-go area", as it was controlled by criminal gangs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmQMDgAAQBAJ&q=%22cape+flats%22+%22no-go%22&pg=PT192|title=Fear and Loathing on the Oche: A Gonzo Journey Through the World of Championship Darts (Shortlisted for the 2018 William Hill Sports Book of the Year)|first=King|last=ADZ|date=2 November 2017|publisher=]|via=Google Books|isbn=978-1-4735-4907-4}}</ref> However, many of these areas have seen significant ]; for example, ] in ] can no longer be described as a no-go zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-clark/4-ways-to-see-the-real-cape-town_b_8031918.html|title=4 Ways to See the 'Real' Cape Town: An Expat's Guide|website=HuffPost|date=2015-08-25}}</ref> In 2010, a housing complex comprising a number of city blocks in ] were described as a "no-go zone for police conducting raids",<ref>Buthelezi, M.W. ''Gang violence in the Western Cape.'' Research Unit, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 08 August 2012. http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/docs/120821%20gang_0.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/atlantis-cops-not-just-fighting-criminals-485637|title=Atlantis cops not just fighting criminals - IOL News}}</ref> and ambulances could not enter without police escort. In 2014, the situation had improved, and following convictions of several gang members, a police official said that "legislation concerning organised crime was beginning to work".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/convictions-shatter-atlantis-gangland-1647994|title=Convictions 'shatter' Atlantis gangland |newspaper=]}}</ref> In 2018, a gang war in Parkwood, Cape Town was reported to have turned the area into a "no-go zone", although a minister visited the area to ensure policing continues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/police-minister-walks-gangland-streets-14328597|title=Police minister walks gangland streets - The Daily Voice|newspaper=]|access-date=2018-08-19|archive-date=2018-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820010310/https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/police-minister-walks-gangland-streets-14328597|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2010, a housing complex comprising a number of city blocks in ] were described as a "no-go zone for police conducting raids",<ref>Buthelezi, M.W. ''Gang violence in the Western Cape.'' Research Unit, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, 08 August 2012. http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/docs/120821%20gang_0.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/atlantis-cops-not-just-fighting-criminals-485637|title=Atlantis cops not just fighting criminals - IOL News|publisher=}}</ref> and ambulances could not enter without police escort. In 2014, the situation had improved, and after convictions of several gang members, a police official said that "legislation concerning organised crime was beginning to work".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/convictions-shatter-atlantis-gangland-1647994|title=Convictions 'shatter' Atlantis gangland - Cape Times|publisher=}}</ref> In 2018, a gang war in Parkwood, Cape Town was reported to turn the area into a "no-go zone", although a minister visited the area to ensure policing continues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/police-minister-walks-gangland-streets-14328597|title=Police minister walks gangland streets - The Daily Voice|publisher=}}</ref>

===Sweden===
{{See|Vulnerable area}}

Some urban areas in Sweden have been called no-go zones. The Swedish government states that "no-go zones", where "criminality and gangs have taken over and where the emergency services do not dare to go" do not exist. They acknowledge that there are areas "increasingly marred by crime, social unrest and insecurity".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/|title=Facts about migration, integration and crime in Sweden|last=Regeringskansliet|first=Regeringen och|date=2017-02-23|website=Regeringskansliet|language=sv-se|access-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224120901/http://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/|archive-date=2017-02-24|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20160923/embassy-no-go-zones-do-not-exist-in-sweden-hungary|title=Embassy: No-go zones 'do not exist in Sweden'|date=2016-09-23|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/it/embassies/italia-roma/attualit%C3%A0/notizie/comunicazione-dellambasciata-di-svezia-su-un-servizio-del-tg2|title=Comunicazione dell'Ambasciata di Svezia su un servizio del TG2|date=2019-05-25|accessdate=2019-05-26}}</ref>

A 2016 report from the ] mapped 53 "] and 15 "particularly exposed" areas. An "exposed area" was defined as an area with low socioeconomic status and high crime. A "particularly exposed" area was defined as an area nearby to an "exposed area" the inhabitants of which demonstrated the following qualities:

* Unwillingness to participate in legal proceedings
* Hindrance of Swedish police operations
* Parallel social structure
* Violent extremism

Swedish police protocol differs for working in these areas. For example, the police bring certain equipment and work in pairs when in a "particularly exposed area".<ref name="NRK">{{Cite news|url=https://polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/%C3%96vriga%20rapporter/Utsatta-omraden-sociala-risker-kollektiv-formaga-o-oonskade-handelser.pdf|title=Utsatta områden|accessdate=2017-01-29}}</ref>

In a 2017 interview with the conservative opinion magazine '']'''s {{Interlanguage link multi|Paulina Neuding|sv}}, ], the head of the Swedish ambulance drivers' union, stated that there were some areas too dangerous for rescue workers to enter without police protection, using the English term "no-go zones" to describe them.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Larry|last=O'Connor|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/video-head-of-ambulance-union-confirms-no-go-zones-in-sweden/article/2007000|title=Video: Head of Ambulance Union Confirms 'No-Go Zones' in Sweden|newspaper=The Weekly Standard|date=2017-02-27|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Lizzie|last=Stromme|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/773310/Swedish-medics-military-equipment-enter-no-go-zones-Ambulance-Drivers-Union|title=Swedish medics need military equipment to enter certain areas – Ambulance Drivers Union|newspaper=The Daily Express|date=2017-02-28|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref name="thetruthabout sweden">{{Cite news|first=Paulina|last=Neuding|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-truth-about-sweden/article/2007071|title=The Truth About Sweden|newspaper=The Weekly Standard|date=2017-03-13|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

In March 2015, journalist ] discussed the rise of criminality, especially ], in various neighborhoods within Sweden since the mid-1990s, especially in the city of ]. He interviewed a police officer and task force chief who referred to such areas as "no go areas" and wrote that gangs like to lay claim to an area by throwing stones at mailmen, police, firefighters and ambulances who enter the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Därför ökar de kriminella gängens makt |url=http://fof.se/tidning/2015/5/artikel/darfor-okar-de-kriminella-gangens-makt |first=Henrik |last=Höjer |date=11 March 2015 |publisher=''Forksning & Framsteg''}}</ref>

In February 2016, a news crew for '']'' working with anti-immigration activist ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.resume.se/nyheter/artiklar/2016/03/22/har-sprider-jan-sjunnesson-en-falsk-story-i-australiensk-tv/|title=Här sprider Jan Sjunnesson en falsk story i australiensisk tv|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expo.se/2015/chefredaktor-pa-sd-agd-tidning-sprider-grov-rasism_6789.html|title=Chefredaktör på SD-ägd tidning sprider grov rasism|publisher=}}</ref> reported having come under attack, including allegedly having stones thrown on them and a car running over the foot of a cameraman who was trying to prevent it from leaving in the immigrant-dominated district of ] of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/news-and-current-affairs/60-minutes-film-crew-attacked-by-a-group-of-masked-men-in-stockholm-20160301-gn79oi.html|title=60 Minutes film crew attacked by a 'group of masked men' in Stockholm|first=Peter|last=Vincent|date=1 March 2016|publisher=}}</ref> ''60 Minutes'' published the video, on which reporter ] says "there are now 55 declared no-go zones in Sweden."<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayes|first=Liz|title=Breaking Point|url=http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60minutes/stories/2016/breaking-point/|work=60 Minutes |publisher=60 Minutes Australia |date=20 March 2016 |location=2:54-2:59 |language=English |format=video |quote=there are now 55 declared no-go zones in Sweden}}</ref>

A 10-minute December 2016 film by ]'s ], ''Stockholm Syndrome'', focused on violence by Muslim immigrants within Sweden, and included an interview with two policemen who seemed to confirm that there are no-go areas for police in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |title=What's really happening in Sweden |url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/whats-really-happening-in-sweden/ |first=David |last=Francisco |date=February 22, 2017 |publisher=''The Times of Israel'' > Blogs}}</ref> During the interview, one officer states, "If the police is chasing another car for some kind of crime, if they reach what we call 'no-go areas', the police won't go after it."<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Ami Horowitz |date=December 12, 2016 |title=Stockholm Syndrome |medium=Documentary |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqaIgeQXQgI&t=433 |access-date=February 26, 2017 |time=7:13 |publisher=YouTube }}</ref> The police officers later objected to the interview and said that their quotes had been taken out of context, and a videographer who worked on the film supported the officers' account, saying the video was cut together unethically.<ref>Mattias Areskog & Malin Ekmark, , ]/'']'' (February 23, 2017).</ref> The documentary gained significant attention several months later when U.S. President ] indirectly alluded to it in a speech.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/europe/trump-pursues-his-attack-on-sweden-with-scant-evidence.html|title=From an Anchor's Lips to Trump's Ears to Sweden's Disbelief|last=Baker|first=Peter|date=2017-02-20|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-21|last2=Chan|first2=Sewell|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The film as a whole, and its description of no-go areas, have both been disputed by sources within Sweden; the Swedish '']'' quoted a police spokesperson as saying that, though there are areas "characterized by, among other things, the difficulty for the police to fulfill its duty", "There are no guidelines that the police should not visit these areas".<ref>, '']'' (February 20, 2017).</ref> The description of no-go zones was also disputed by several sources, including the interviewed policemen.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Robert Farley|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/trump-exaggerates-swedish-crime/|title=Trump Exaggerates Swedish Crime|website=FactCheck.org|publisher=Annenberg Public Policy Center|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-21|date=2017-02-20}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
Around the time of the ], ] reporter Barnie Choudhury wrote "An investigation for '']'' has found disturbing evidence that Asian youths in parts of Oldham are trying to create no go areas for white people...It's not clear whether this is bravado but their message is blunt... white people keep out".<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Vigilantes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/archive/politics/oldham1.shtml |accessdate=23 July 2018 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In 2012, Professor ] of the ]' ] included areas of ], ] and ] as "no-go areas" run by drug traffickers, comparing them to Brazilian ]. Local police forces denied the claims.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Jonathan|title=UN says Liverpool has drug-related 'no-go areas' like those in Brazilian favelas|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/un-says-liverpool-has-drug-related-no-go-areas-like-those-in-brazilian-favelas-7462654.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Independent|date=29 February 2012}}</ref> In 2015 Donald Trump, in the early stages of his presidential campaign, stated on Twitter that the UK was trying to "disguise massive Muslim problem", and retweeted an article which falsely claimed that the city of Birmingham was totally under Muslim control. These remarks were condemned by the mayor of Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bland|first1=Archie|title=Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/10/tweets-donald-trump-muslim-britain|accessdate=3 July 2018|work=The Guardian|date=10 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-30870062|accessdate=3 July 2018|work=BBC|date=18 January 2015}}</ref>

These claims, especially about London, continue to echo on social media typically accompanied by claims of "]" being imposed in several neighbourhoods. Articles ridiculing these claims have appeared in the media.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaszeta|first1=Dan|title=Fearless security expert risks his life by venturing into London sharia ‘no-go zone’| url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/05/fearless-security-expert-risks-life-venturing-london-sharia-no-go-zone-7288616/|accessdate=1 September 2015|work=Metro|date=5 February 2018}}</ref>


=== United States ===
The group Falmouth Hates Students have declared the town of ] a no-go zone for students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/university-hate-group-police-falmouth-hates-students-cornwall-a8274501.html|title=Hate group vows to make Cornish town a 'no-go zone' for students|publisher=|date=2018-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/hate-group-aims-make-town-1383364|title=Hate group aims to make town in Cornwall a 'no-go zone' for students|first=Ginette|last=Davies|date=26 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/police-patrols-falmouth-university-stepped-1382506?_ga=2.24694714.1003885552.1522160556-694025120.1522160553|title=Hate letter sparks police patrols around Falmouth University|first=Ginette|last=Davies|date=25 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
Some conservative American political figures, including ] and ], have falsely claimed that some communities within the United States are either governed by Sharia law<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/16/roy-moore/alabamas-roy-moore-says-whole-communities-midwest-/|title=Alabama's Roy Moore says whole communities in Midwest are under Sharia law|website=PolitiFact|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sharia-law-texas/|title=FACT CHECK: Was Sharia Law Established in Texas?|website=Snopes.com|date=27 January 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> or are Muslim-controlled no-go zones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/news/gop-candidate-jim-newberger-ready-to-protect-minnesota-from-muslim-control/488141051|title=GOP senate candidate Jim Newberger ready to protect Minnesota from Muslim control|last=Jones|first=Hannah|website=City Pages|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/dutch-reporter-catches-ex-michigan-congressman-lying-about-no-go-zones|title=Hoesktra accused of pushing 'fake news'|date=2017-12-22|website=WXYZ|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref><ref name=":4" />


Some ] in the U.S. connected with the ] have been described as exclusionary zones. In ] in June 2020, the ] was established as a "No Cop Co-op."<ref>, ]</ref> In Minneapolis, the ] persisted for over a year, until June 20, 2021, and was described as "a police free zone."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Arango|first1=Tim|last2=Furber|first2=Matt|date=2020-07-29|title=Where George Floyd Was Killed: Solemn by Day, Violent by Night|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/george-floyd-memorial.html|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hill|first=Crystal|date=May 20, 2021|title=George Floyd Square has become a living memorial with an uncertain future|url=https://news.yahoo.com/george-floyd-square-has-become-a-living-memorial-with-an-uncertain-future-214021492.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-20|title=George Floyd Square And Minneapolis Uptown Intersection At Center Of Protests Reopen To Traffic|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/06/20/george-floyd-square-and-minneapolis-uptown-intersection-at-center-of-protests-reopen-to-traffic/|access-date=2021-08-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Criticism of use of the term==
Articles have appeared in '']'' and '']'' magazines, ], and ] including criticism of the use term "no-go zone" to refer to areas claimed to operate under Sharia Law in Europe or the US.<ref name="AtlanticWhy">{{citation|last=Grahamjan|first=David A.|title=Why the Muslim 'No-Go-Zone' Myth Won't Die|date=January 20, 2015|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/01/paris-mayor-to-sue-fox-over-no-go-zone-comments/384656/|journal=]}}</ref><ref name="BusinessWeekDebunking">{{citation|title=Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities|date=January 14, 2015|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2015-01-14/debunking-the-muslim-nogo-zone-myth|author=Carol Matlack|journal=]}}</ref><ref name="MediaMattersNoGo">{{citation|title=The No-Go Zone Myth Comes To America|date=January 26, 2015|url=http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/01/26/the-no-go-zone-myth-comes-to-america/202263|author=Karen Finney|work=Media Matters blog|publisher=]}}</ref><ref name="SnopesAnumber">{{citation|title=Caliph-ain't|date=January 18, 2015|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp|quote=A number of localities in the United States, France, and Britain are considered Muslim "no-go zones" (operating under Sharia Law) where local laws are not applicable. False.|work=]}}</ref><ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-14/debunking-the-muslim-nogo-zone-myth|title=Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities|date=14 January 2015|publisher=|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>


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A "no-go area" or "no-go zone" is a neighborhood or other geographic area where some or all outsiders are either physically prevented from entering or can enter at risk. The term includes exclusion zones, which are areas that are officially kept off-limits by the government, such as border zones and military exclusion zones. It also includes areas held by violent non-state actors, such as guerillas/insurgents, organized crime and terrorist organizations. In some cases, these areas have been held by insurgent organizations attempting to topple the government, such as Free Derry, an area in Northern Ireland that was held by the Irish Republican Army from 1969 to 1972. In other cases, the areas simply coexist alongside the state; an example is Kowloon Walled City, an area in Hong Kong essentially ruled by triad organizations from the 1950s to the 1970s.

In the 21st century, the term has most often been used to refer to areas that police or medical workers consider too dangerous to enter without heavy backup. Government officials and journalists from various European countries, including France and Germany, have used the term to describe neighborhoods within their own country. This usage of the term is controversial, generating significant debate over which areas, if any, are truly off-limits to police. Some right-wing and conservative commentators and politicians have falsely claimed that Western countries contain areas where national law has been displaced by sharia law and non-Muslims are shunned.

Historical no-go areas

Hong Kong

With no government enforcement from the British colonial government aside from a few raids by the Hong Kong Police, the Kowloon Walled City became a haven for crime and drugs. It was only during a 1959 trial for a murder that occurred within the Walled City that the Hong Kong government was ruled to have jurisdiction there. By this time, however, the Walled City was virtually ruled by the organised crime syndicates known as Triads. Beginning in the 1950s, Triad groups such as the 14K and Sun Yee On gained a stranglehold on the Walled City's countless brothels, gambling parlors, and opium dens. The Walled City had become such a haven for criminals that police would venture into it only in large groups.

Mexico

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Mozambique

During the Mozambican War of Independence, the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) set up and defended no-go "liberated zones" in the north of the country.

Northern Ireland

Free Derry Corner, the gable wall which once marked the entrance to Free Derry

During the Troubles, the term was applied to urban areas in Northern Ireland where the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army could not operate openly. Between 1969 and 1972, Irish nationalist/republican neighborhoods in Belfast and Derry were sealed off with barricades by residents. The areas were policed by vigilantes and both Official and Provisional factions of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) operated openly. The most notable no-go area was called Free Derry.

The areas' existence was a challenge to the authority of the British government. On 31 July 1972, the British Army demolished the barricades and re-established control in Operation Motorman. It was the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis. Although the areas were no longer barricaded, they remained areas where the British security forces found it difficult to operate and were regularly attacked. As a result, they entered only in armored convoys and in certain circumstances, such as to launch house raids. Barricaded no-go areas across several settlements in the region were set up once again by nationalist and republican rioters when violence, supported by republican paramilitaries, erupted after the Drumcree Orange Order parade in July 1997, just days before the second and final Provisional IRA ceasefire. The RUC and the British Army were forced to withdraw under fire from several Belfast neighbourhoods. Police presence in these areas remained contentious into the 2000s as the main republican political party, Sinn Féin, refused to support the police. In 2007, however, the party voted to support the new Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). In July 2007, the British Ministry of Defence published Operation Banner: An analysis of military operations in Northern Ireland, which assesses the Army's role in the Northern Ireland conflict; the paper acknowledges that, as late as 2006, there were still "areas of Northern Ireland out of bounds to soldiers".

Pakistan

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were in actuality no-go areas for the Pakistani authorities, where the Pakistani police could not enter. The situation was changed temporarily with the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, when the Pakistani government was supported by U.S. military forces. Currently FATA are no longer a "no-go area" as they have been merged with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Rhodesia

The term "no-go area" has a military origin and was first used in the context of the Bush War in Rhodesia. The war was fought in the 1960s and 1970s between the army of the predominantly white minority Rhodesian government and black nationalist groups.

The initial military strategy of the government was to seal the borders to prevent assistance to the guerrillas from other countries. However, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule in Angola and Mozambique, this became untenable and the white minority government adopted an alternative strategy ("mobile counter offensive"). This involved defending only key economic areas, transport links ("vital asset ground"), and the white civilian population. The government lost control of the rest of the country to the guerilla forces, but carried out counter-guerilla operations including "free-fire attacks" in the so-called "no-go areas," where white civilians were advised not to go.

Venezuela

"Peace zones", seen in red, which were planned to receive economic benefits to be given to former gang members who agreed to surrender their weapons to the government and cease their criminal activity

In 2013, the Venezuelan government negotiated with large criminal gangs on how to prevent violence and agreed to set up demilitarized areas as "peace zones". The concept behind the zones was to provide gang members with economic resources and construction materials in exchange for the surrender of the gang's weapons, with the understanding that the resources would be used to repair local infrastructure. The Venezuelan government hoped that through this process, gang members would disarm and become law-abiding and productive members of society. In addition, the then-deputy Minister of the Interior reportedly agreed verbally to avoid police patrols within the zones, should the gangs agree to disarm. The plan backfired as the gang members used the money and resources given to them by the government in exchange for their weapons to acquire more powerful weapons and began committing yet more crimes and violence within the zones. According to InSight Crime, there are over a dozen mega-gangs in Venezuela, with some having up to 300 members.

Alleged contemporary no-go areas

Belgium

In the wake of the 2015 Paris attacks, the Molenbeek municipality in Brussels was described by Brice De Ruyver, a security adviser to Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, as a "no-go zone", where youths drawn to petty crime end up in conflict with police. Other academics, commentators, journalists and residents have contested the description of Molenbeek as a no-go zone.

Brazil

Some slum areas (known as favelas) in Brazil, most notably in Rio de Janeiro State, are controlled by gangs with automatic weapons. Police and investigative reporters have been tortured and killed there, such as Tim Lopes in 2002. Attempts at clearing up such areas have led to security crises in Rio as well as in the State of São Paulo. These organized crime organizations are known in Brazil as "Factions" (Facções in Portuguese), the two largest are the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) or "First Command of the Capital" in English from São Paulo, and the Comando Vermelho (CV), "Red Command" in English, a faction from the Rio de Janeiro.

France

Further information: Sensitive urban zone

It has been falsely claimed that France has Muslim-only no-go zones that are under sharia law.

An early usage of the term regarding Europe was in a 2002 opinion piece by David Ignatius in The New York Times, where he wrote about France, "Arab gangs regularly vandalize synagogues here, the North African suburbs have become no-go zones at night, and the French continue to shrug their shoulders." Ignatius said the violence resulting in the no-go zone had come about due to inequality and racism directed towards French people of colour. La Courneuve, a poverty-stricken municipality (commune) in the Paris region whose residents felt the authorities had neglected them due to racism, was described by police as a no-go zone for officers without reinforcements.

In 2010, Raphaël Stainville of French newspaper Le Figaro called certain neighborhoods of the southern city Perpignan "veritable lawless zones", saying they had become too dangerous to travel in at night. He added that the same was true in parts of Béziers and Nîmes. In 2012, Gilles Demailly [fr], the mayor of the French city Amiens, in the wake of several riots, called the northern part of his city a lawless zone, where one could no longer order a pizza or call for a doctor. The head of a local association said institutional violence had contributed to the tensions resulting in the no-go zone. In 2014, Fabrice Balanche, a scholar of the Middle East, labelled the northern city of Roubaix, as well as parts of Marseille, "mini-Islamic states", saying that the authority of the state is completely absent there. In 2005 France's domestic intelligence network, the Renseignements Generaux, identified 150 "no-go zones" around the country where police would not enter without reinforcements. Christopher Dickey, writing in Newsweek, said the situation had arisen due to racism towards immigrants.

In January 2015, after the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, various American media, including the news cable channels Fox News and CNN, described the existence of no-go zones across Europe and in France in particular. Both networks were criticized for these statements, and anchors on both networks later apologized for the mistaken characterizations. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said that she intended to sue Fox News for its statements. After complaints Fox News issued an apology, saying that there was "no credible information to support the assertion there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion." Berkshire Eagle columnist Donald Morrison, writing in The New Republic in the wake of the shooting, wrote that "the word banlieue ("suburb") now connotes a no-go zone of high-rise slums, drug-fueled crime, failing schools and poor, largely Muslim immigrants and their angry offspring" and that France has not succeeded in integrating minorities into national life.

Germany

A sociology paper published in 2009 said that right-wing extremists had been discussing the creation of no-go areas in Western Europe since the 1980s. It described attempts to create "national liberated zones" (national befreite Zonen) in Germany: "'no-go-areas', which are areas dominated by neo-Nazis," attributing their appeal in the former DDR to "the unmet promises of modernisation and the poor socio-cultural conditions that offer no perspectives to young people". Whether or not Germany actually had no-go zones was disputed: the paper concluded "according to ... state officials, the police and other relevant institutions, does not actually exist ... by contrast, the national press in Germany, various civic associations, and also experts acknowledge and give examples of the existence of no-go areas."

In a February 2018 interview, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that there are no-go areas in Germany, saying, "There are such areas and one has to call them by their name and do something about them." This came in the context of arguing for a zero-tolerance policy in German policing.

A 2023 article about Berlin defined "no-go zones for Jews" as "city areas Jews should avoid to reduce the likelihood of being attacked... inner-city districts in which Jews are recommended not to identify as Jews". In 2024, The Telegraph reported that Barbara Slowik, Berlin Chief of Police, said that visibly Jewish and gay people should "be more careful." In the same interview, Slowik said that violent crimes against Jewish people were "few and far between." The New Arab reported that Slowik had been criticized for mis-categorizing crimes as anti-semitic when the victims were not Jewish but where the circumstances of the crime involved criticism of Israel and said that German police regularly ignored complaints of Islamophobic violence despite a 113% increase in such crimes in 2023.

Kenya

In Kenya, the ongoing conflict in Somalia, where the terrorist organization al-Shabaab controls territory, has severely affected the security situation even on the Kenyan side of the border. There have been terrorist attacks and kidnappings in Kenya followed by a Kenyan intervention, Operation Linda Nchi, and police crackdowns. These have affected counties bordering Somalia and in Nairobi, the suburb of Eastleigh, which is inhabited mostly by Somalis. By 2004, Eastleigh was described as a no-go zone for Kenyan authorities after dark.

Israel and Palestine

Main article: 2018 Gaza border protests § Gaza's "no-go zone" and border barrier

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) maintains a border zone on the Gaza strip and declares "no-go zones", where they may use lethal force to enforce the security exclusion zone. An IDF spokesman said that "residents of the Gaza Strip are required not to come any closer than 300 meters from the security fence", although there is some allowance for farmers to approach up to 100 meters if they do so on foot only. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the no-go zones include about 30% of the arable land in the Gaza strip, and a small number of residents farm in the exclusion zones despite the risk of military action. Unlike a legal border zone, the no-go zone is declared unilaterally in occupied territory, without acknowledgement or cooperation of Palestinian authorities, and as such can be considered a disputed no-go zone. It is considered unlawful by the Swedish organization Diakonia.

South Africa

The term "no-go zone" has been informally applied to high-crime neighborhoods in South African cities. In South Africa, the apartheid policy created segregated neighborhoods where whites risked being removed or victimized in black-only neighborhoods and vice versa. Because of the bantustan system, many urban inhabitants lived in the city illegally per apartheid laws. For example, in Cape Town, Cape Flats was a neighborhood where many of those evicted were relocated. It became a "no-go area", as it was controlled by criminal gangs. However, many of these areas have seen significant gentrification; for example, Woodstock in Cape Town can no longer be described as a no-go zone. In 2010, a housing complex comprising a number of city blocks in Atlantis, Western Cape were described as a "no-go zone for police conducting raids", and ambulances could not enter without police escort. In 2014, the situation had improved, and following convictions of several gang members, a police official said that "legislation concerning organised crime was beginning to work". In 2018, a gang war in Parkwood, Cape Town was reported to have turned the area into a "no-go zone", although a minister visited the area to ensure policing continues.

United States

Some conservative American political figures, including Tony Perkins and Jim Newberger, have falsely claimed that some communities within the United States are either governed by Sharia law or are Muslim-controlled no-go zones.

Some occupation protests in the U.S. connected with the George Floyd protests have been described as exclusionary zones. In Seattle in June 2020, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone was established as a "No Cop Co-op." In Minneapolis, the George Floyd Square occupied protest persisted for over a year, until June 20, 2021, and was described as "a police free zone."

See also

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