Africa-Press – Angola. Angola, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea are some of the 43 countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entry into the United States.
As restrictions on illegal immigrants entering the United States increase, the White House administration has drawn up a list of 43 countries – around 25% of those with UN seats – whose citizens will face difficulties in traveling to that country. Angola, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea are some of these countries.
A draft list of 43 countries is, according to the US press, being circulated within Donald Trump’s administration and lists three levels of countries whose citizens may face travel bans or restrictions to the United States.
Angola, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea, four countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), appear in the group of nations that could be given a period of 60 days to correct detected deficiencies, under penalty of suffering heavier restrictions.
The US administration is considering targeting citizens of up to 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that is broader than restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, cautioned that the list had been developed by the State Department several weeks ago and was likely to change by the time it reached the White House.
Developed by diplomatic and security officials, the draft list suggests a “red” list of 11 countries whose citizens would be categorically banned from entering the United States: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
The draft proposal also includes an “orange” list of 10 countries to which travel would be restricted but not cut off. In those cases, wealthy business travelers could be allowed to enter, but not people traveling on immigrant or tourist visas.
Citizens on the list would also be subject to mandatory in-person interviews to obtain a visa. The list included Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Turkmenistan.
The proposal also includes a draft “yellow” list of 22 countries, which would be given a period of 60 days to correct any deficiencies detected, with the threat of being transferred to one of the other lists if they do not comply.
Officials at embassies and State Department regional offices, as well as security experts from other departments and intelligence agencies, have been reviewing the project.
When he took office on January 20, Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring the State Department to identify countries “for which screening and verification information is so deficient as to justify a partial or total suspension of admission of nationals from those countries.”
The president gave the department 60 days to complete a report to the White House with that list, meaning it would be due next week.
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