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Trump executive order: Refugees detained at US airports | Trump executive order: Refugees detained at US airports |
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Refugees arriving in the US are being held at airports after President Donald Trump issued an order barring migrants and refugees from several Muslim countries. | |
Protesters are gathering at New York's John F Kennedy airport to demand the release of 11 refugees held there. | |
The exact implications of Donald Trump's order remain unclear. | The exact implications of Donald Trump's order remain unclear. |
He is facing a legal challenge from several rights groups. People fleeing Syria are banned until further notice. | He is facing a legal challenge from several rights groups. People fleeing Syria are banned until further notice. |
The other countries affected are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. | The other countries affected are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. |
The US's entire refugee admissions programme - affecting people from many more countries - has been suspended for 120 days. | |
Trump border policy: Key points | Trump border policy: Key points |
May fails to condemn Trump on refugees | May fails to condemn Trump on refugees |
The people being detained at US airports are those who were already in transit at the time Mr Trump issued his order on Friday. | |
They are likely to be few in number - there are known to be 11 at JFK. | |
But Donald Trump's wide-ranging order is likely to affect many more people, as it prevents citizens of the seven named countries from travelling to the US at all - even if they have valid visas. | |
On Saturday five Iraqi passengers and a Yemeni national were prevented from boarding a flight at Cairo airport bound for New York. | |
Dutch airline KLM said it had turned away seven people who were booked onto its flights into the US because they would no longer have been accepted | |
The restriction applies to dual nationals - so, for example, a British citizen who is also a citizen of Iran would not be able to enter the US. | |
It also applies to green card holders - legal permanent residents of the US - from the seven countries. | |
Those who are currently out of the country will be considered for re-entry to the US on a "case-by-case basis", according to one administration official. | |
US entry ban victims vent fury | |
Human rights groups, including the National Immigration Law Centre (NILC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a lawsuit in New York to demand the release of two Iraqi men who were in the air bound for the US when the executive order was signed. | |
One of them, Haneed Khalid Darweesh, who had worked as a US Army interpreter, was released on Saturday afternoon. | One of them, Haneed Khalid Darweesh, who had worked as a US Army interpreter, was released on Saturday afternoon. |
The other man, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, remains in detention. | The other man, Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, remains in detention. |
New York Representative Jerry Nadler tweeted that he and fellow Democratic Representative Nydia Velazquez were working to help 10 more refugees still being held. | |
Mark Doss, a lawyer for the two Iraqis, said he was delighted that Mr Darweesh had been released by border officials: | Mark Doss, a lawyer for the two Iraqis, said he was delighted that Mr Darweesh had been released by border officials: |
"This obviously was an illegal detention. This is a discriminatory order from President Trump and we will continue to fight for all of the refugees, immigrants and non-immigrants that are coming to the United States [and] are being illegally detained." | "This obviously was an illegal detention. This is a discriminatory order from President Trump and we will continue to fight for all of the refugees, immigrants and non-immigrants that are coming to the United States [and] are being illegally detained." |
The Council on American-Islamic relations advised non-US citizens, including green card holders, from the seven countries to plan to delay all international travel for at least 90 days. | |
Google has urged travelling staff members who are nationals of the seven countries affected to return to the US as quickly as possible. | Google has urged travelling staff members who are nationals of the seven countries affected to return to the US as quickly as possible. |
Mr Trump said the measures detailed in his executive order would "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US". | Mr Trump said the measures detailed in his executive order would "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US". |
But rights groups say there is no link between Syrian refugees in the US and terrorism. | But rights groups say there is no link between Syrian refugees in the US and terrorism. |
Announcing the measures at the Pentagon on Friday, the president said "we will never forget the lessons of 9/11". | |
But none of the 11 hijackers were from the seven countries affected by the measures - they mostly had Saudi Arabian citizenship. | |
The perpetrators of other recent attacks in the US that have been linked to Islamic extremism were also not from the seven countries: | |
During the election campaign, Mr Trump suggested a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". | During the election campaign, Mr Trump suggested a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on". |
At the time, this call was widely rejected by both Democrats and Republicans. | |
While many Democratic politicians have spoken out angrily over Friday's executive order, many of Mr Trump's fellow Republicans have been silent. | |
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan tweeted his opposition to "a religious test for entering our country" in July 2016. | Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan tweeted his opposition to "a religious test for entering our country" in July 2016. |
On Friday, Mr Ryan, issued a statement responding to the executive order saying it was "time to re-evaluate and strengthen the visa vetting process". | On Friday, Mr Ryan, issued a statement responding to the executive order saying it was "time to re-evaluate and strengthen the visa vetting process". |
Mr Trump's Vice-President Mike Pence called the proposed ban on Muslims "offensive and unconstitutional" in a tweet in December 2015. | Mr Trump's Vice-President Mike Pence called the proposed ban on Muslims "offensive and unconstitutional" in a tweet in December 2015. |
Iran has described Mr Trump's order as an "insult to the Islamic world" and said it would respond with appropriate legal and diplomatic measures. | |
British Prime Minister Theresa May, pressed repeatedly to give her response to Mr Trump's executive order, said: "The United States is responsible for the United States' policy on refugees." | |
Her Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, tweeted that Canadians would welcome those fleeing persecution, terror and war "regardless of your faith". | |
Trump border policy: World reacts | |
All refugees from Syria, which has been torn apart by civil war for the past six years, are banned from entering the US indefinitely. | |
The executive order also sets a cap of 50,000 for all refugees in 2017 - less than half of the upper limit under Mr Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama. | |
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