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World leaders respond to US ban of refugees from Muslim countries – live | |
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Jamie Grierson | |
There are already claims on Twitter that Trump’s executive order banning immigration from some Muslim countries is preventing refugees and professionals from travelling into the US. | |
Among them reportedly is Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi, who will not be able to travel to the US for the Oscars, for which he is nominated for best foreign language film. | |
Confirmed: Iran's Asghar Farhadi won't be let into the US to attend Oscar's. He's nominated for best foreign language film...#MuslimBan | |
Visas being denied immediately. Chaos at airports and in the air. #MuslimBan will apply to green card holders attempting to return tonight. | |
were ready to come over here after the most intense vetting process in US history. And now they can't. They're doubly stuck. /2 | |
I feel physically sick. REFUGEES ARE THE VICTIMS! They are the victims. #WeWelcomeRefugees We are sorry, refugees. But it's not enough. /4 | |
@jimsciutto Canadian Iranian with U.S. Green Card and living in the United States. Scared if I go to Canada, I won't be allowed back in U.S. | |
@jimsciutto my father is a univ professor @WVUTech and travelled to Iran for his fathers funeral, he holds a GC and we are concerned. | |
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Jamie Grierson | |
Here’s a few more pictures of May’s meeting with Erdogan in Ankara: | |
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May arrives for talks with Turkey's president | |
Jamie Grierson | |
Theresa May has arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to find her own image dominating television screens in the presidential palace, which were showing footage of her meeting with Trump at the White House on Friday. | |
As the PM arrived Downing Street announced that the UK and Turkey have agreed to set up a new joint working group to carry out the groundwork for a post-Brexit trade deal. | |
May is under pressure to confront Erdogan over human rights, following his crackdown on dissent in the wake of the coup, which has seen a wave of arrests, the closure of numerous media outlets and the removal of thousands of public officials - including judges, academics and teachers - from their jobs. | |
10.51am GMT | |
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Jamie Grierson | |
Congressman Seth Moulton, an Iraq war veteran, said he was “ashamed” Trump is president. In a statement, he said: | |
We are a nation of immigrants, and America is stronger when we welcome the refugees of our enemies. These policies do not put America first. I am ashamed that he is our president. | |
10.44am GMT | |
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Jamie Grierson | |
Democratic senator Chris Murphy urged his colleagues to speak out against Trump’s refugee ban. | |
Murphy posted the following tweet alongside the photo of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned while fleeing with his family. | |
To my colleagues: don't ever again lecture me on American moral leadership if you chose to be silent today. pic.twitter.com/XW7sjmCcXh | |
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Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
Madeline Albright, the former US secretary of state, reacting to Trump’s executive order, said: | Madeline Albright, the former US secretary of state, reacting to Trump’s executive order, said: |
There is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty. America must remain open to people of all faiths and backgrounds. | There is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty. America must remain open to people of all faiths and backgrounds. |
10.31am GMT | 10.31am GMT |
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Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said in a statement he was concerned about the impact of Trump’s executive orders. | Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said in a statement he was concerned about the impact of Trump’s executive orders. |
Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said his great-grandparents came to the US from Germany, Austria and Poland and his wife’s parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. He said: | Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said his great-grandparents came to the US from Germany, Austria and Poland and his wife’s parents were refugees from China and Vietnam. He said: |
The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that. | The United States is a nation of immigrants, and we should be proud of that. |
Expanding the focus of law enforcement beyond people who are real threats would make all Americans less safe by diverting resources, while millions of undocumented folks who don’t pose a threat will live in fear of deportation. | Expanding the focus of law enforcement beyond people who are real threats would make all Americans less safe by diverting resources, while millions of undocumented folks who don’t pose a threat will live in fear of deportation. |
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Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education who survived an attempted murder by the Taliban when she was 15, said she was “heartbroken” that America was “turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants – the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life”. She added: | Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education who survived an attempted murder by the Taliban when she was 15, said she was “heartbroken” that America was “turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants – the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life”. She added: |
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. | 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. |
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Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
Trump is facing mounting criticism for his ban on all Syrian refugees entering the US and a halt on arrivals from a string of mostly Muslim countries, Guardian staff report. | Trump is facing mounting criticism for his ban on all Syrian refugees entering the US and a halt on arrivals from a string of mostly Muslim countries, Guardian staff report. |
The US president’s executive order, named Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. | The US president’s executive order, named Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. |
Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the Senate, said: | Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the Senate, said: |
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. | 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. |
The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it would be filing a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the order “because its apparent purpose and underlying motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States”. | The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it would be filing a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the order “because its apparent purpose and underlying motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States”. |
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Morning summary | Morning summary |
Jamie Grierson | Jamie Grierson |
Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of global political developments. | Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of global political developments. |
As the world picks apart Donald Trump’s move to deny refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries entry to the United States, the 45th president of the US will take phone calls from major world leaders including the Russian president Vladimir Putin. | As the world picks apart Donald Trump’s move to deny refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries entry to the United States, the 45th president of the US will take phone calls from major world leaders including the Russian president Vladimir Putin. |
The phone calls come after his first meeting as president with a major world leader – the UK prime minister, Theresa May. Much of the coverage of their meeting has been hung around one defining image, that of May and Trump awkwardly holding hands as they walk round the White House. | The phone calls come after his first meeting as president with a major world leader – the UK prime minister, Theresa May. Much of the coverage of their meeting has been hung around one defining image, that of May and Trump awkwardly holding hands as they walk round the White House. |
But May’s meeting with Trump is already behind her as she travels to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to meet with the country’s president, Recep Erdoğan. It is expected the two leaders will discuss a post-Brexit trade deal. | But May’s meeting with Trump is already behind her as she travels to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to meet with the country’s president, Recep Erdoğan. It is expected the two leaders will discuss a post-Brexit trade deal. |
We’ll keep you up to date with reaction to Trump’s latest executive order, the continued analysis of the special relationship, May’s meeting with Erdoğan and other political developments to emerge. | We’ll keep you up to date with reaction to Trump’s latest executive order, the continued analysis of the special relationship, May’s meeting with Erdoğan and other political developments to emerge. |
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