US President Trump expands list of countries subject to travel bans

US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order expanding the travel bans that the US began applying to the citizens of 12 countries this year, adding new countries to the list.

In a statement issued by the White House regarding thematter, it was announced that the countries whose citizens will be subject to the travel ban are Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria.The Palestinian Authorityhas rIt was also stated that the ban would apply to those using travel documents issued by these countries, and that citizens of Laos and Sierra Leone,who were previously subject to travelrestrictions, would also be includedin this comprehensive travel ban.

Inthestatement, it was noted that with the presidential decree signed by US President Donald Trump, previous It was stated that the travel banand entry restrictions imposed on citizens of 12 countries wouldalso becontinued.In a statement

from the White House,itThe statement noted that US President Donald Trump, in a decision taken "to protectthe country against national securityand public safety threats, has includedcitizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, totaling 12 countries.travel bans on citizenswill continue to remain in effect.The decision was based onsecurity screening,review, and information-sharingprocesses that haveproven, persistent, and significant deficiencies, affecting the citizens of these countries.it was stated that it is applied to their citizens.

In a White House statement, it was also noted that as of this year, travel restrictions will continue for four of the sevencountries, and these were identified as Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela.It was stated that 15 additional countries will begin to have travel restrictions applied to their citizens. The countries were announced as Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, IvoryCoast, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Thestatement noted that the policy does not apply to legal US residents, those withvalid visas, athletes, diplomats, and those whose entry into the countryis in the American national iIt was stated that this does not include individuals who serve their interests.

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