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UK PM disagrees with Trump on immigration

The UK government has issued a statement saying it doesn't agree with the Trump administration's ban on accepting refugees to the US.

Prime Minister Theresa May
UK PM Theresa May says Donald Trump has promised the US/UK trade arrangements will continue. (AAP)

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she doesn't agree with US President Donald Trump's curbs on immigration.

May had been criticised by MPs in her ruling Conservative Party for not condemning Trump's decision to put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the US and temporarily barring travellers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries.

Her spokesman said: "Immigration policy in the United States is a matter for the government of the United States, just the same as immigration policy for this country should be set by our government."

"But we do not agree with this kind of approach and it is not one we will be taking. We are studying this new executive order to see what it means and what the legal effects are, and in particular what the consequences are for UK nationals."


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