US Plans Travel Ban for Nigerians and 35 Other Countries: Gives Condition and Deadline

A recently released memo states that President Donald Trump is considering adding 36 more countries to the list of the U.S. travel ban countries, targeting nations known for terrorism threats, lack of deportation cooperation, and weak passport security. Countries on the list must cooperate with the U.S. within 60 days or face restrictions.

Most of the said countries are in Africa; Nigeria and 25 other countries in Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Others are countries in the Caribbean, the Pacific, Asia, and the Middle East, like Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Cambodia, Dominica, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Syria, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.