United States President, Donald Trump, has confirmed that his administration will include seven more countries to its travel ban list, to keep America safe. The seven countries that reportedly made the fresh list are Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Tanzania and Sudan.
The President stated this while speaking at a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday.
“You see what’s going on in the World, our country has to be safe,” the BBC quoted him as saying.
“We’re adding a couple of countries….we have to be safe.”
Mr Trump confirmed that his government would soon announce details of the controversial ban that would make it difficult for citizens of these countries to obtain American visa.
The type and scope of restrictions that would be imposed would be tailored to individual countries, depending on how United State officials evaluate a country’s compliance with its economic and security interests.
The new policy would be an update to the initial list of countries that President Donald Trump imposed travel restrictions on shortly after assuming office in 2017.
Iran, Venezuela, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and North Korea were slammed with visa restrictions in a controversial move that led to several lawsuits in The United State.