Trump expands US travel ban to include Syria, Palestine
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US adds five Arab and African countries to travel ban list as right-wing politicians intensify Islamophobic rhetoric.
United States President Donald Trump has added five countries to the list of nations whose citizens are banned from entering the US, including Palestine and Syria.
The White House announced the expansion of the ban on Tuesday, as it intensifies its crackdown on immigration.
Tuesday’s order imposed a travel ban on six new countries – Palestine, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria – in addition to the 12 initially made public in June.
The decree did not refer to Palestine, which Washington does not recognise as a state, by name or even as the occupied Palestinian territory.
Instead, it describes the Palestine category as “Palestinian Authority Documents” and refers to Palestinians as “individuals attempting to travel on PA-issued or endorsed travel documents”.
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