In force The US will be banned this morning, in Greece, after a decree signed last week by US President Donald Trump last week.

This decision -taken to “protect the US from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security,” as Trump said in his decree -concerns his citizens. Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo Brazavil, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The US government, which follows a particularly strict immigration policy, explained that these countries were included in the list as they do not have effective ways to ensure that travelers are properly inspected, adding that their citizens tend to remain in the US even after their expiration.

The same decree imposed restrictions on the provision of visa for citizens of seven more countries: his Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

Trump compared his decision, announced on Wednesday, with the “effective restrictions” imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim states, known by its critics as “Muslim Ban” (the ban on Muslims) at the beginning of his first term in the US presidency in 2017.

Four countries are included in both directories, that of 2017 and this year: The Iran, Libya, Sudan and Yemen.

“As president I must act to protect the national security and national interest of the US and their citizens, “Trump said in his decree, adding that he wishes to” protect the US from foreign terrorists“.

The Republican referred to the attack on Jews who committed June 1 in Colorado by an Egyptian visa whose visa had expired to demonstrate “the extreme dangers involved in the entry of foreign citizens who have not undergone proper controls”.

This attack- with 12 injured- targeted the participants on a weekly march demanding the release of Israeli prisoners held in the Gaza Strip. Egypt, a country of origin of the perpetrator, is not included in the list announced by Trump.

“We will not allow what happened in Europe in America. “the US president stressed, referring to the attacks that have committed foreign citizens.

This prohibition is faced by many countries that have been in the Trump list.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed his “concern about international law” because of the “very broad and general scope” of the prohibition.

Amnesty International denounced the decree as “biased, racist and absolutely cruel”.

The African Union expressed ‘Concern about the potential negative effects of such measures ‘, including in’ diplomatic relationships»With the countries involved.

One of the countries, Chad, announced that in retaliation it is inhibiting visa to US citizens.

“I know the pain caused by the hard and xenophobic travel bans of Trump as my family has been hit hard“, Iranian American MP Yassamin Ansari on X yesterday. ‘IA fight against this ban with all our might“, He added.

However, the ban on Trump provides exceptions for the holders of certain entry visas, for diplomats and people whose trip to the US “serves the national interest“

The ban in January 2017 sparked protests at many major US airports.