USA: Trump’s travel ban will harm people seeking safety, spread hate and discrimination

By Amnesty International

In response to President Trump imposing a new discriminatory travel ban on visitors from Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, and a partial ban on people from another seven countries, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “President Trump’s new travel ban is […] The post USA: Trump’s travel ban will harm people seeking safety, spread hate and discrimination appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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