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Scores of people are expected to gather at the Monument in Newcastle on Monday to protest against Donald Trump’s new ban on immigration.

The US President has signed an executive order which means no visas can be issued to immigrants from seven mainly-Muslim nations - including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - for 90 days.

Trump also banned all refugees from entering the US for the next four months, and singled out those from Syria as barred from entering the country indefinitely or until he himself decides they are allowed in.

As a result, Britain’s four-time Olympic gold medallist and Great North Run champ Sir Mo Farah has been left unsure as to whether he can return to the US.

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Sir Mo, 33, was born in Somalia but has lived in Oregon for the past six years. Somali nationals are among those banned from travelling to the US under the executive order issued on Friday.

The three-time Great North Run winner said: “It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children daddy might not be able to come home.”

Trump’s decision has sparked anger across the US, with waves of protests being staged on the streets and in airports.

Now, a demonstration has been organised by Newcastle Unites and is backed by groups including Newcastle Stop the War, North East People’s Assembly, Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign and North East Stand up to Racism.

Protestors plan to meet at Grey’s Monument at 5.30pm on Monday.

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Daniel Kebede, who helped to organise the event, said: “Trump’s ban on Muslims and refugees deserves global condemnation.

“It is a racist attack that should be opposed by all of us. The idea that Mo Farah can’t enter America is completely disgusting.

“History won’t look favourably on Trump or those close to him. Shame on our unelected Prime Minister Theresa May, she should have used her position to condemn his tyrannical premiership, instead of holding hands with a foul racist.”

Meanwhile, more than 300,000 people, including those from the North East, have signed a petition calling for Trump’s state visit invitation to be cancelled.

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The mogul accepted an invitation to visit Britain later this year, where he is due to be hosted by the Queen and would be treated to all the pomp and ceremony accorded to a state visit.

The petition, which is rapidly gaining more support, states: “Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US Government, but he should not be invited to make an official state visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen.

“Donald Trump’s well documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales.

“Therefore during the term of his presidency, Donald Trump should not be invited to the United Kingdom for an official state visit.”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and SNP foreign affairs spokesman Alex Salmond all called for the trip to be cancelled.

Graham Guest, who started the petition, said he feared Trump will use the state visit and the accompanying photo opportunities with the Queen to bolster his image.

He added: “A state visit legitimises his presidency and he will use the photo opportunities and being seen with the Queen to get re-elected.

“The wording in the petition is quite precise as I actually say that he should come here as the head of Government to do Government business.

“At the end of the day he is still the President and we’ve just got to live with that. But there’s no reason why he should get all the pomp and publicity of a state visit.”