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Donald Trump's Muslim ban could reportedly effect Brits who have dual nationality with countries on the barred list.

The new US President last night ordered a four-month ban on all refugees entering the US.

Trump also said no visas will be issued to nationals from seven mainly-Muslim nations of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days.

The ban has sparked outrage among many international organisations and Americans.

In a statement that the State Department is reportedly due to release, seen by The Wall Street Journal, the ban also applies to people originally from one of those countries but who are traveling on a passport issued by any other nation.

Therefore Iraqis or Syrians wanted to enter the U.S. on a British passport will be barred, according to a U.S. official.

British citizens don’t normally require a visa to enter the U.S.

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“Travelers who have nationality or dual nationality of one of these countries will not be permitted for 90 days to enter the United States or be issued an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa,” the statement said.

“Those nationals or dual nationals holding valid immigrant or nonimmigrant visas will not be permitted to enter the United States during this period. Visa interviews will generally not be scheduled for nationals of these countries during this period.”

Tech giant Google has reportedly told its overseas staff who could be affected by the rule change to return to the US.

Muslim travellers have also started reporting problems getting into America.

Former journalist with the Los Angeles Times Mohammed Al Rawi said his 71-year-old father had been taken off a flight in Qatar and sent back to Iraq.

Writing on Facebook, he said: "My 71 year old dad is in Qatar boarding LAX flight to come visit us and and he's being sent back to Iraq.

"Some US official told him that Trump canceled all visas."

Jeremy Corbyn said Trump's ban "should shock and appall us all."



"Theresa May should have stood up for Britain and our values by condemning his actions. It should sadden our country that she chose not to.



"After Trump's hideous actions and May's weak failure to condemn them, it's more important than ever for us to say to refugees, seeking a place of safety, that they will always be welcome in Britain."

Five Iraqi passengers and one Yemeni were also reportedly barred from boarding an EgyptAir flight from Cairo to New York today, sources at Cairo airport said.

The passengers, arriving in transit to Cairo airport, were stopped and re-directed to flights headed for their home countries despite holding valid visas, the sources said.

Google has also reportedly recalled its staff who are travelling abroad back to America.

According to Bloomberg News, a memo to staff says more than 100 of its staff are affected.

The tech giant has told these members of staff to return to America, it has been reported.

Google has not yet commented on whether staff have been recalled.

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An Iranian film director nominated for an Oscar may also be unable to attend the prestigious event.

Asghar Farhadi is nominated for best foreign language film for his movie The Salesman, which is filmed in Iran.

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Fans of the renowned filmmaker - who won an Oscar in 2011 for his film A Separation - now fear he will be unable to attend Hollywood's biggest night in February.

There are also reports of Syrians who have given up everything who are trapped at US airports and unable to enter the country.

"I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. Don't want them here," Trump said on Friday.

"We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people," he said.

The United Nations has this morning condemned the ban while civil rights groups have said the order is harmful and discriminatory.

Filmmaker Michael Moore said: "That the President of the United States would order on Holocaust Memorial Day the banning of a people due to their religion is reprehensible."

Trump claimed the move would keep America safer, despite evidence which shows none of the countries on the list have been the source of terror attacks on US soil since 9/11.

Having given no notice of the ban, it caused chaos for thousands of Arab-American families who already had family members en route to visit.

There were reports of Syrian families who have spent up to two years being vetted for a visa left stranded at the airport having sold all their possessions.

That Trump chose Holocaust Memorial Day to make the announcement was all the more upsetting for many Americans.

"Tears are running down the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty tonight as a grand tradition of America, welcoming immigrants, that has existed since America was founded has been stomped upon," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer.

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Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton, an Iraq War veteran, said: "President Trump is leading our country out of fear instead of facts.

"His executive orders banning refugees and immigrants from some Muslim majority countries to the United States plays right into the hands of our enemies.

"ISIS has already used his statements to help recruit new suicide bombers, and you can bet Trump’s policies will help inspire attacks against Americans both at home and abroad.

"His policies literally put our troops’ live at risk - I’ve heard this loud and clear when I have visited them overseas."

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"They also prove he has zero understanding of our country’s values and no intention of defending out constitution.

"We are a nation of immigrants, and America is stronger when we welcome the refugees of our enemies.

"These policies do no not put America first.

"I am ashamed he is our president."

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, said in a statement: "I am heartbroken that today President Trump is closing the door on children, mothers and father fleeing violence and war."

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"I am heartbroken that America is turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants - the people who helped build your country, ready to work in exchange for a fair chance at a new life.

"I am heartbroken that Syrian refugee children, who have suffered through six years of war by no fault of their own, are singled out for discrimination."

Civil rights groups have condemned the order as harmful and discriminatory.

"Extreme vetting is just a euphemism for discriminating against Muslims," American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement.

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"Identifying specific countries with Muslim majorities and carving out exceptions for minority religions flies in the face of the constitutional principle that bans the government from either favoring or discriminating against particular religions," Romero said.

Separately, Trump said that Syrian Christians will be given priority when it comes to applying for refugee status, a policy that would likely be challenged on similar grounds.

"If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians," Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, discussing the Syrian refugees.

Statistics provided by the Pew Research Center last October do not support Trump's argument.

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Pew research found that 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the United States in fiscal year 2016 from all countries, almost the same number, 37,521, as Christian refugees.

Stephen Legomsky, a former Chief Counsel at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Obama administration, said prioritising Christians could be unconstitutional.

"If they are thinking about an exception for Christians, in almost any other legal context discriminating in favor of one religion and against another religion could violate the constitution," he said.

But Peter Spiro, a professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law, said Trump’s move would likely be constitutional because the president and Congress are allowed considerable deference when it comes to asylum decisions.

"It’s a completely plausible prioritisation, to the extent this group is actually being persecuted," Spiro said.

The order temporarily suspends the United States' main refugee programme which helped around 85,000 people displaced by war, political oppression, hunger and religious prejudice last year.

It is expected to affect two programmes U.S. lawmakers created a few years after the 2003 invasion of Iraq to help the tens of thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives helping Americans.

Trump says the order is necessary to prevent Islamist militants from coming to the United States posing as refugees, but refugee advocacy groups say the lengthy screening of applicants by multiple U.S. agencies makes this fear unfounded.

Campaigners said Britain should move to step up and help Syrian refugees in the wake of Trump's ban.

Stephen Hale, chief executive of Refugee Action, said: " We’re appalled that President Trump is closing the door to refugees fleeing terror.

"Restricting America’s role in resettlement in the middle of the worst refugee crisis on record will have a huge impact on this vital global programme.

"Some of the world’s most vulnerable people will be left struggling to survive in camps and on the borders of conflict zones.

"Thankfully we know Britain is better than this. Now is the time to step up and increase our commitment to protect those forced to flee war and persecution."

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