The president of the US, Donald Trump, has signed a proclamation that prohibits all journeys from sure international locations.
The proclamation utterly restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 international locations: Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, mentioned the White Home.
The prohibition will enter into drive at 12:01 am, Washington time (04:01 UST), information companies reported.
Guests from the US from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela may also face higher restrictions.
“I need to act to guard the nationwide safety and nationwide curiosity of the US and its folks,” Trump mentioned in his proclamation.
“A number of the appointed international locations have inappropriate detection and analysis processes, which hinders the capability of the US to establish doable safety threats earlier than the doorway,” an data sheet issued by the White Home states.
Different international locations “exhibit excessive visa supervision charges”, or didn’t cooperate to share id data and threats, he provides.
Trump’s first time period noticed prohibitions of journey
Trump additionally applied a number of journey prohibitions for sure international locations throughout his first time period as president of the US.
His first prohibition in 2017 was aimed toward seven Muslim majority international locations for 90 days.
Subsequent prohibitions included Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, Kyrguistan, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Venezuela and Yemen. These had been Raised by the previous president of the US, Joe Biden, in 2021.