PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
Trump travel ban ‘divisive and wrong’, says UK’s May
Theresa May denies in parliament she had advanced notice of Donald Trump’s planned temporary immigration ban
London — British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban was "divisive and wrong", five days after she initially refused to condemn the move. "On the policy that president Trump has introduced, this government is clear that that policy is wrong," May told parliament after being pressed by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. "We believe it is divisive and wrong," she said, speaking to members of parliament for the first time since the travel ban came into force on Friday — the same day she met Trump at the White House. Trump’s executive order bars refugee arrivals for at least 120 days and suspends visas from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — for 90 days. May said she had no advance notice of Trump’s plans. "If he [Corbyn] is asking me whether I had advance notice of the ban on refugees, the answer is no," she said. "If he is asking me if I had advance notice that ...
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