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US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House on 23 August 2021 in Washington, DC. Picture: Drew Angerer/AFP

Us travel ban

Biden to review COVID travel ban 'week to week'

By AFP

Asked how long travel restrictions that took effect Monday on South Africa and seven other southern African countries would remain in place, Biden said it 'kind...

  • Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama speaks to the press with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (out of framen) at the Department of State on 4 February 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Nigeria working to have US travel ban lifted - foreign minister

    Speaking at a joint news conference in Washington with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Onyeama said Nigeria was ‘blindsided’ by the US decision on Friday to add it and five other nations to an expanded version of the US visa ban.

    924 days ago
  • FILE: This image released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officer checking an identity document on 7 August 2019. Picture: AFP

    Families in Africa fear impact of US immigration ban

    These are some of the families waiting to see how they will be affected by President Donald Trump’s expansion of the US travel ban.

    925 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Nigeria had no warning on potential US travel ban - minister

    While he gave no details, a source familiar with the proposal said the tentative list included seven nations - Nigeria, Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania.

    932 days ago
  • This photo courtesy of the Council on American-Islamic relations in Sacramento shows the young Abdullah Hassan on life support at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland on 16 December 2018 with his father, Ali. Picture: AFP

    Yemeni mother arrives in US to say goodbye to dying son

    Shaima Swileh wore dark glasses as she walked into the arrivals terminal at San Francisco airport Wednesday night. A group of supporters carrying placards greeted her.

    1336 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    US federal judge blocks Trump asylum claim restrictions

    The judge's restraining order remains in effect until the court decides on the case.

    1366 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Judge bars Trump from denying asylum to people entering US illegally

    Under the proclamation, Trump said only people who enter the US at official checkpoints - as opposed to sneaking across the border - can apply for asylum.

    1366 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    US top court backs Trump on travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations

    The 5-4 ruling, with the court’s five conservatives in the majority, ends a fierce fight in the courts over whether the policy represented an unlawful Muslim ban.

    1513 days ago
  • Honduran Ashley, 8, rests at the Hotel Migrante shelter in Mexicali, Mexico, on 24 April, 2018, after arriving with other Central American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan. Picture: AFP

    Migrants from caravan in limbo as US says border crossing full

    About 20 people in the group were able to reach the final fence at the busy crossing, where they were watched by armed US border guards who did not immediately open the gate.

    1571 days ago
  • Airport luggage. Picture: AFP

    Trump's travel ban faces US Supreme Court showdown

    Trump’s policy, announced in September, blocks entry into the United States of most people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

    1578 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    US lifts travel ban on Chad citizens: White House

    With Chad taken off the list, seven countries — Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela — are still subject to the travel restrictions.

    1589 days ago
  • Iran flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Iranian granted US visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban

    Since the ban took effect, the State Department told Reuters more than 375 waivers have been approved, but declined to say for which countries and out of how many applications.

    1602 days ago
  • A plane. Picture: Supplied.

    US, Mexico explore placing armed US air marshals on flights

    It was not immediately clear if the marshals would travel solely on US-owned airlines or also on Mexican carriers.

    1661 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Libya says pushing to be removed from Trump travel ban list

    This week the US Supreme Court allowed the ban to take full effect while litigation over its ultimate validity continues.

    1714 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Trump criticised in Britain and US for sharing anti-Muslim videos

    As president, Donald Trump has issued executive orders banning entry to some citizens of several Muslim-majority countries.

    1722 days ago
  • Demonstrators chants during a #NoMuslimBanEver rally and march in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Under Trump plan, refugees from 11 countries face additional US barriers

    The Trump administration will temporarily delay processing of most refugees from 11 countries identified as high-risk.

    1758 days ago
  • FILE: The Bishop International Airport in Michigan. Picture: Facebook.

    US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services for security reasons

    Last week, the US mission employee in Istanbul was arrested on charges of links to a cleric blamed for last year’s failed coup.

    1774 days ago
  • FILE: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Picture: AFP

    Mali president wants US to reverse Chad travel ban

    Security analysts expressed surprise when Chad was named by the US last week alongside North Korea and Venezuela as part of an eight-country travel ban.

    1785 days ago
  • Protestors march on the streets of Sydney’s central business district against US President Donald Trump’s travel ban policy on 4 February, 2017. Picture: AFP

    US immigration restrictions may slow medical research

    In 2015, among 778,781 physicians practicing in the US, 164,111, or 21 percent, were foreign medical graduates, the analysis found.

    1787 days ago
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