The expanded ban and restrictions are set to take effect on January 1.
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a total travel ban on seven more countries and entry restrictions on 15 others, citing national security, public safety, weak vetting systems, and high visa overstay rates. With this, 20 additional countries have been added to the list where America has imposed a travel ban or entry restrictions, thereby expanding the same to a total of 39 nations.
The new proclamation imposed a travel ban on five countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria, as per a White House Fact Sheet. Those holding Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents have also been included in the list. Besides, the proclamation imposed a complete travel ban on Laos and Sierra Leone, which were previously subject to partial entry restrictions.
(Infographics courtesy: The White House)
The latest proclamation introduced partial restrictions on 15 more countries – Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Trump first announced travel restrictions in June. At that time, citizens of 12 countries were completely barred from entering the US, while people from seven other countries faced partial limits. The 12 nations included Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
