Trump imposes travel ban on citizens from 12 countries

US President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping new travel ban affecting citizens from a dozen countries, in what analysts are describing as a revival of his administration's earlier hardline immigration policies.

According to sources from AFP and the BBC, Mr Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday (June 4), with the new restrictions set to come into force on Monday.

The full travel ban applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Additionally, a partial travel ban has been introduced for individuals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

The White House confirmed that both full and partial bans would take effect next week.

In a video message posted to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Trump said the measures were in response to a recent petrol bomb attack targeting a Jewish community rally in Colorado. The suspect, an Egyptian national reportedly in the country illegally, was arrested at the scene. Despite this, Egypt was not included in the list of sanctioned countries.

In a separate move, Trump also signed an executive order imposing new restrictions on the entry of foreign students and revising visa policies for several academic institutions, including Harvard University.