President Donald Trump has expanded the list of countries whose citizens are barred from entering the United States, the White House website reported. The list includes Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. The ban also applies to holders of documents issued by the Palestinian Authority.

Moreover, US authorities have expanded the list of countries whose nationals are subject to partial entry restrictions to the US. It includes 15 countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Trump administration has stated that corruption is widespread in these countries and that their residents possess fraudulent documents. In June, Trump signed an executive order banning citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan and Iran, from entering the US, and imposing partial entry restrictions on nationals of seven more countries, including Cuba, Venezuela, and Turkmenistan.

In November, the White House announced that it would review the US green cards of foreigners from 19 countries—the same countries on which the aforesaid restrictions were imposed in June. At the same time, Donald Trump promised to halt migration to the US from all third-world countries. The restrictions were announced after an Afghan citizen who had previously cooperated with the US opened fire on two National Guard soldiers near the White House in late November. One of the soldiers was killed.