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Theresa May has come under fire for not acting sooner to criticise a US entry ban on refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.
She initially said it was a matter for the US, before No 10 said she “does not agree” with it.
Lib Dem Tim Farron said she should have opposed it earlier. The SNP’s Alex Salmond accused her of “cowardice”. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has tweeted: “Divisive and wrong to stigmatise because of nationality”. He did not mention the US ban but added: “We will protect the rights and freedoms of UK nationals home and abroad.” Mrs May visited the US on Friday, before President Trump issued an executive order halting the entire US refugee programme, and also instituting a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. She was, by then, in Turkey, where she declined to condemn the order. Within hours of landing back in the UK, Downing Street released a statement clarifying her position.
“Immigration policy in the United States is a matter for the government of the United States,” said a No 10
pokesman. “But we do not agree with this kind of approach and it is not one we will be taking.”
Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said Mrs May was not a “shoot-from-the-hip” politician: “She wants to see the evidence, she wants to understand precisely what the implications are… “She is someone who wants to see the briefing and understand it and then will respond to that… The important thing is we are saying we disagree with it and we do think it’s wrong.”
Theresa May has come under fire for not acting sooner to criticise a US entry ban on refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.
She initially said it was a matter for the US, before No 10 said she “does not agree” with it.
Lib Dem Tim Farron said she should have opposed it earlier. The SNP’s Alex Salmond accused her of “cowardice”. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has tweeted: “Divisive and wrong to stigmatise because of nationality”. He did not mention the US ban but added: “We will protect the rights and freedoms of UK nationals home and abroad.” Mrs May visited the US on Friday, before President Trump issued an executive order halting the entire US refugee programme, and also instituting a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. She was, by then, in Turkey, where she declined to condemn the order. Within hours of landing back in the UK, Downing Street released a statement clarifying her position.
“Immigration policy in the United States is a matter for the government of the United States,” said a No 10
pokesman. “But we do not agree with this kind of approach and it is not one we will be taking.”
Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said Mrs May was not a “shoot-from-the-hip” politician: “She wants to see the evidence, she wants to understand precisely what the implications are… “She is someone who wants to see the briefing and understand it and then will respond to that… The important thing is we are saying we disagree with it and we do think it’s wrong.”
