Nationals from 43 countries have been banned from entering the United States according to a new list of countries drafted by Washington.
U.S. media reported on Friday that Washington was mulling new travel bans against 43 countries including a possible pause of processing visa applications from Afghanistan, Iran and Syria.
U.S. diplomatic and security officials have drafted a list of the countries targeted, with varied travel bans for three categories.
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 visas 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.”
