US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to accept repatriation of citizens

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – The U.S.said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over South Sudan’s failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, at a time when many in Africa fear that country could return to civil war.U.S.

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement, including the repatriation of people deemed to be in the U.S.illegally.The administration has warned that countries that do not swiftly take back their citizens will face consequences, including visa sanctions or tariffs.South Sudan had failed to respect the principle that  every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the U.S., seeks to remove them, U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “Effective immediately, the United States Department of State is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance to prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holders,” Rubio said.“We will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation,” Rubio said.It is time for South Sudan’s transitional government to “stop taking advantage of the United States,” he said.South Sudan’s embassy in Washington did not respond immediately to a request for comment.African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba this week for talks aimed at averting a new civil war in the country after its First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week.South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s government has accused Machar, a longtime rival who led rebel forces during a 2013-18 war that killed hundreds of thousands, of trying to stir up a new rebellion.Machar’s detention followed weeks of fighting in the northern Upper Nile state between the military and the White Army militia.

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