Prime Minister Bill English is being urged to follow other international leaders in condemning US President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from Muslim countries. English and Foreign Minister Murray McCully have been asked to comment. Responding to the executive order, German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said the United States was going against its Christian value of loving your neighbour. French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said taking on refugees fleeing war and oppression was "part of our duties". Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered to take some of the refugees being turned away from the United States.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 03:00 UTC