Donald Trump is to impose broad new travel restrictions on eight countries, denying all North Koreans and Syrians entry to the US as he introduces an alternative to his controversial ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority nations.
Following an evaluation of global vetting procedures, the White House on Sunday unveiled tailored restrictions for eight countries that were nonetheless far-reaching and condemned by civil rights groups as discriminatory.
The move was Mr Trump’s latest attempt to fulfil a campaign pledge to tighten America’s borders and capped a weekend when he was accused of sowing division by attacking African-American football players protesting against police brutality.