No Travel Ban On Nigeria – US Embassy Says Nigerians Welcome In America

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says there's no need for Nigerians to
cancel travel plans to the United States and says suggestions of a
policy change negatively affecting Nigerians are incorrect.
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Spokesperson Russell K. Brooks responded to an Associated Press
request for comment after a Nigerian government statement on Monday,
March 6, 2017 said some Nigerians with valid multiple-entry U.S. visas
have been barred entry and put on the next plane home.
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Abike Dabiri-Erewa, President Muhammadu Buhari's senior special
assistant on foreign affairs and diaspora, on Monday, advised
Nigerians with no urgent reason to visit the US to suspend their
travel plans pending when there is clarity on Donald Trump's
immigration policy.
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Earlier Tuesday, Nigeria's Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability
Project said Nigeria's government "must stand up to Trump and defend
Nigerians' internationally recognized right to freedom of movement."
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Possessing a visa has never automatically guaranteed entry, Brooks
notes, but "Nigerians with a valid visa and a legitimate purpose are
certainly welcome to visit the United States."
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He says "we encourage all visitors to be clear and consistent about
their purpose and cooperate fully with U.S. immigration authorities."
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Nigeria's foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has asked
Nigerians to ignore Ms. Abike Dabire'-Erewa's travel warning saying
that those with valid travel documents and plans to visit the United
States to shun the travel warning by one of President Muhammadu
Buhari's aides.
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Nigeria is not part of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.
Half its 170 million citizens are Muslims and it's battling Boko
Haram's Islamic uprising in the northeast.

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