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U.S. mulls new travel bans against over 40 countries: media reports

U.S. mulls new travel bans against over 40 countries: media reports

Washington, Mar 15 (UNI) The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is mulling new travel bans against 43 countries, including a possible pause of processing visa applications from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria, U.S. media reported Friday.
U.S. diplomatic and security officials have drafted a list of the countries targeted, with varied travel bans for three categories, according to the report by The New York Times.
Under the new plan, a full ban on entry is suggested against 11 countries including Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. Meanwhile, it denies the entry on immigrant or tourist visa of nationals from Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and Pakistan among other countries.
Travelers from countries like Angola, Benin, or Cambodia will be affected if their government fails to seriously improve the practices the U.S. side says are deficient within 60 days, according to the report.
The report said the list was drafted by the State Department several weeks ago, with changes to be made possibly before being submitted to the White House, citing anonymous sources.
Trump signed an executive order after taking office on Jan. 20, requiring the State Department to produce within 60 days such a list of countries "for which vetting and screening information is so deficient as to warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries."
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