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Trump Imposes Refugee Restrictions on 11 Countries

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Although US President Donald Trump issued a new executive order that lifts the worldwide temporary ban he imposed on refugees entering the United States, still he imposed "extreme vetting" for 11 nations.

Trump signed the order Tuesday to restart the refugee admission program, which was suspended for 120 days as part of his controversial travel ban.

The new directive initiates a new 90-day review program for 11 countries which the administration has previously deemed "high risk," a memo obtained by Reuters stated.

The administration did not disclose the 11 countries, yet reports suggested the delay in processing would apply to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

All those countries are majority-Muslim, except for North Korea and South Sudan.

Refugee admissions from those nations will be permitted on a case-by-case basis to determine if an entry "poses no threat to the security or welfare of the United States."

Under the new measures, authorities will now consider biographic data from refugee applicants and analyze their social media presence.

Refugee advocates said the new measures amounted to a de facto ban on refugees from those countries, since refugees are already heavily vetted.

The administration will also suspend a program that allows family reunification for some refugees resettled in the US.

The new refugee order came as the previous moratorium expired earlier on Tuesday.

Trump issued three travel bans since coming to office in January. His third ban, which was announced on September 24 and slated to take effect on October 18, was blocked by a judge in Hawaii.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration appealed US District Judge Derrick Watson's opinion issued last week. Government lawyers filed court documents, taking the case to the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which has blocked both of the president's previous bans.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team