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Nigeria scrambles to escape Trump’s immigration ban

Passengers arriving at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, pass by a thermal scanner. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images)
Passengers arriving at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, pass by a thermal scanner. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images)
By
Danielle Paquette 
Feb. 1, 2020 at 4:51 p.m. GMT+1

DAKAR, Senegal — President Trump's addition of four African countries to his administration's travel ban could fuel discrimination and stifle business, leaders warned Saturday as people across the continent reeled at the news.
Most citizens of Nigeria — Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy — and Eritrea would be blocked from coming to live and work in the United States under the measure, which takes effect Feb. 22, while Tanzania and Sudan would be barred from the competitive U.S. visa lottery.

The White House called the new restrictions “the height of common sense” in a statement Friday, adding that foreign countries must “satisfy basic security conditions” before their citizens could move to the United States.Trump’s first ban in 2017, which initially targeted Muslim-majority countries, triggered protests in the United States. Federal courts struck down the policy, which was later reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. officials estimate the restrictions, which now cover 13 nations, will annually affect several thousand people.
Rael Ombuor in Nairobi contributed to this report.

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