Bill EnglishPrime Minister Bill English says New Zealand "disagrees" with the new directives from US President Trump that discriminates against refugees and migrants according to which country they come from. Trump ordered a three-month ban on entry into the US by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - as well as a permanent ban on Syrian refugees and a temporary ban other refugees. English twice avoided saying whether he would raise the policy with Trump in any phone conversation he had with him. Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says the US ban on migrants from seven Muslim countries was "bad policy" and inflammatory. "At this stage MFAT has not received any requests for consular assistance as a result of the 90 day US immigration ban.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 30, 2017 03:56 UTC