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| No 10 insists Trump ban won't affect British dual nationals flying from UK | |
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| Downing Street remains certain that British citizens with dual nationality will not be affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban if they are travelling from the UK, despite confusion on the subject following a fresh US embassy statement. | Downing Street remains certain that British citizens with dual nationality will not be affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban if they are travelling from the UK, despite confusion on the subject following a fresh US embassy statement. |
| Theresa May’s deputy official spokeswoman said the government was confident in a clarification secured by the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, on Sunday. | Theresa May’s deputy official spokeswoman said the government was confident in a clarification secured by the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, on Sunday. |
| That advice, which was issued in a statement from the Foreign Office, said British citizens with dual nationality from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen would not be affected unless they were travelling to the US from one of those seven countries. It said anyone travelling from elsewhere, including the UK, would not be affected. | That advice, which was issued in a statement from the Foreign Office, said British citizens with dual nationality from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen would not be affected unless they were travelling to the US from one of those seven countries. It said anyone travelling from elsewhere, including the UK, would not be affected. |
| However, on Monday the US embassy in London issued guidance suggesting that travel restrictions would apply to any national, or dual national, of one of those seven Muslim-majority countries. Its guidance to those people state: “Please do not schedule a visa appointment or pay any visa fees at this time.” | However, on Monday the US embassy in London issued guidance suggesting that travel restrictions would apply to any national, or dual national, of one of those seven Muslim-majority countries. Its guidance to those people state: “Please do not schedule a visa appointment or pay any visa fees at this time.” |
| The US embassy had no immediate clarification following’s No 10’s remarks. But a government source responded to the advice on the US embassy website by insisting that it was “wrong and behind the curve”, saying that Trump’s own team had signed off the Foreign Office’s own advice issued on Sunday night. | The US embassy had no immediate clarification following’s No 10’s remarks. But a government source responded to the advice on the US embassy website by insisting that it was “wrong and behind the curve”, saying that Trump’s own team had signed off the Foreign Office’s own advice issued on Sunday night. |
| “They are in charge,” they added, revealing that there had been further conversations with the White House on Monday morning to confirm that the British government was providing citizens with the correct information. | “They are in charge,” they added, revealing that there had been further conversations with the White House on Monday morning to confirm that the British government was providing citizens with the correct information. |
| May remains under intense pressure over her response to Trump’s immigration ban on people of certain nationalities and refugees, which was made the day after she held talks with the president in the White House. | May remains under intense pressure over her response to Trump’s immigration ban on people of certain nationalities and refugees, which was made the day after she held talks with the president in the White House. |
| She is facing calls to cancel or scale back a proposed state visit for Trump, but No 10 insisted on Monday that the invitation would not be rescinded. | She is facing calls to cancel or scale back a proposed state visit for Trump, but No 10 insisted on Monday that the invitation would not be rescinded. |
| “We have extended an invitation to the president, he has accepted it, and it is right that we continue to forge our close relationships,” May’s deputy spokesman said. | “We have extended an invitation to the president, he has accepted it, and it is right that we continue to forge our close relationships,” May’s deputy spokesman said. |
| He also said that the state visit was a matter for a special committee in the Foreign Office, and could not say what role Downing Street had played in the decision to invite Trump so early in his presidency. | He also said that the state visit was a matter for a special committee in the Foreign Office, and could not say what role Downing Street had played in the decision to invite Trump so early in his presidency. |