UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries “is not the way to best protect the US or any other country”. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries “is not the way to best protect the US or any other country”. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries “is not the way to best protect the US or any other country,” voicing his hope that “this measure should be removed sooner rather than later”. “In my opinion, this is not the way to best protect the US or any other country in relation to the serious concerns that existed about the possibility of terrorist infiltration,” he said. The countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

Source: Indian Express February 02, 2017 02:26 UTC