Warning of further protests over Trump travel ban
Travellers are being warned of possible protests at airports and in major cities following US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban.
Rob Walker, head of travel security intelligence at International SOS and Control Risks, said protests are possible in the coming days and weeks.
He said these were likely to be along key thoroughfares, in main plazas, in front of government buildings and at airports throughout the US.
But he said protests are likely to be less pronounced and widespread as similar demonstrations which followed the initial ban issued at the end of January.
"As with the previous Executive Order, legal challenges are likely to emerge in the coming weeks and months, though a definitive adjudication on the measure is not likely in the short term," he added.
The scaled down directive comes into force on March 16 and places a 90-day ban on people travelling to the US from six mainly Muslim nations – Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Iraq has been excluded this time.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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