Kemi Badenoch has claimed that introducing a Donald Trump -inspired travel ban for people of certain nationalities trying to enter the UK could be “viable”.

The US president implemented a ban on individuals coming from 12 countries who he alleges have “hostile attitudes” towards the States.

It means that. from June 9, people from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will not be able to enter the US.

Those from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela, will also be hit with partial restrictions. On Thursday, the White House claimed that some of those countries had a “significant terrorist presence”, while alleging others did not screen for dangerous terrorists effectively

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