Donald Trump is due to visit the UK later this year in his role as ‘President’ of the United States (Picture: Pool)

Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK will go ahead despite widespread outrage over the travel ban on Muslims and refugees.

Downing Street said its position had not changed on the US president’s trip as Theresa May came under pressure to downgrade or axe the visit.

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‘An invitation has been extended and accepted,’ a Number 10 spokesman said, stressing the position had not changed.

Ministers face being hauled into the Commons later amid continued concerns about the impact on Britons, as well as the way the Government has responded.


The Foreign Office said Britons with dual citizenship would be exempt from the controversial travel ban, but UK residents have been caught up in the chaos.

Theresa May has come under pressure to cancel the state visit (Picture: AP)

The US president 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.



But nearly one million people have signed a petition stating Mr Trump should not be given a state visit and it will now be considered for debate by MPs.

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A huge protest has also been organised for this evening outside Downing Street, calling on the Government to reconsider the state visit planned for some point later this year.

Jeremy Corbyn said it was ‘totally wrong’ for the visit to go ahead while other politicians have condemned the move.

Downing Street said: ‘We extended the invite and it was accepted.’

Protests are planned across the UK against Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban on refugees and people from seven mainly-Muslim countries.

Donald Trump will be given all the trappings of a state visit (Picture: AP)

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Marches are scheduled in cities including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Manchester, with former labour leader Ed Miliband and singer Lily Allen expected to address protesters in the capital.

Thousands are expected to descend on Downing Street at around 6pm on Monday in outrage at the US president’s controversial ban, which includes a bar on all refugees.

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The action will add to the growing pressure on Theresa May to axe Mr Trump’s state visit.

Kate Allen, director of Amnesty UK, backed the protests, blasting the US ban as ‘appalling’.

‘Donald Trump’s administration is wilfully demonising as ‘security concerns’, children, women and men fleeing from torturers and mass murderers,’ she said.

‘These demonstrations show the depth of anger and frustration felt by ordinary people in the UK.

‘Amnesty is calling on everyone to search out their nearest demonstration and send a loud message to our politicians that such a ban cannot be tolerated.’

Protesters plan to meet from 6pm in The Mound, Edinburgh, Albert Square, Manchester, and at 6.30pm in Queen Street, Cardiff.

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The action, which is also planned in Brighton, Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow and Swansea, comes after thousands of people joined a Women’s March in London to promote women’s and human rights in the wake of Mr Trump taking office.

Graham Guest, who started the petition, said: ‘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-to-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.’