Trump issues new executive order for travel ban

United States president Donald Trump has signed a revised executive order banning citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries from travelling to the country. Unlike the first travel-ban order, Iraq has been removed from the list of targeted countries after it agreed to increasing checks on its citizens. A report presented by Anita Barar

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson Source: AAP

This time, United States president Donald Trump signed the new travel-ban order in private, away from cameras or the press.

 

Iraq has been dropped from the original list of banned countries after the Iraqi government imposed new vetting procedures.

 

Mr Tillerson points to Iraq's role in fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, with the United States as important factor.

The new order is set to take effect on March the 16h.

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