United States President Donald Trump is considering imposing
a travel ban on Nigeria and a host of other countries, mostly from Africa.
According to the Washington Post, an internal memo signed by
Marco Rubio, secretary of state, 36 more countries might be affected by the
travel ban or visa restrictions.
The affected countries are expected to meet new requirements
laid down by the State Department within 60 days.
The new list includes Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo
Verde, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe.
Others are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tonga, Tuvalu, and
Vanuatu.
The countries on the new list are also expected to submit to
the State Department, on Wednesday, an initial plan of action to meet the new
requirements
In March, Trump had considered imposing a travel ban of 43
countries, while Nigeria was not on the list.
The 43 countries were divided into three groups: red,
orange, and yellow.
The red group consists of 11 countries whose nationals would
be barred from entering the US.
The orange group comprises 10 countries whose visas would be
sharply restricted.
The countries under yellow were given 60 days to address
concerns.
In June, Trump signed an executive order that imposed a full
travel ban on nationals of 12 countries.
The countries were Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Yemen, Eritrea,
Haiti, Iran, Sudan, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Equatorial Guinea.
Since the start of his second term in January, Trump has
initiated stringent immigration policies that saw hundreds of people deported
from the US and countries placed on travel ban or other restrictions.
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