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Donald Trump Expands Travel Ban To Include North Korea, Venezuela And Chad
Donald Trump signing an executive order. (Andrew Harrer - Pool/GettyImages)
US President Donald Trump has issued a new order to impose travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries including North Korea, expanding the list of nations covered by his original travel ban that has been widely labelled a Muslim ban by critics. Trump unveiled a revamped travel ban as his controversial immigration order covering six Muslim-majority nations was coming to an end.
The new rule, which will come into effect on 18 October, will continue to target travellers from Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Libya and Iran, but also adds North Korea, Chad and Venezuela to the original list of targeted countries. Trumps original travel ban had been signed as an executive order in the first days of his presidency.
Sudan has been dropped from the administration’s new list and Iraqi citizens will be subjected to "additional scrutiny" but will not face any blanket ban.
"Following an extensive review by the Department of Homeland Security, we are taking action today to protect the safety and security of the American people by establishing a minimum security baseline for entry into the US," Trump said. "We cannot afford to continue the failed policies of the past, which present an unacceptable danger to our country. My highest obligation is to ensure the safety and security of the American people, and in issuing this new travel order, I am fulfilling that sacred obligation," he added
The White House said that for the first time in history there has been the establishment of enhanced national security measures, aimed at creating minimum requirements for international cooperation to support visa and immigration vetting and adjudications for individuals seeking entry to the US.
The White House said North Korea did not co-operate with the US government "in any respect" and failed all requirements - and so all travel to the US by its citizens has been banned. Tensions have flared up between the US and North Korea over the latters ballistic missile programme.
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