The US has annulled all visas for the citizens of South Sudan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday that all visas issued to the owners of South Sudan passports were annulled with immediate effect. The reason is to refuse to accept this African country of their deported citizens.

Rubio reported in a published statement that Sudan The southern “does not respect the principle that each country must accept the return of its citizens in a situation where a different country, including the US, want to expel them.” “The US Department of State undertakes actions aimed at annulment, with immediate effect, all visas issued to the owners of South Sudan passports and blocking the issuing to such persons subsequent visas to prevent them from entering the United States,” says the statement.

Rubio also stated that the government USA “He will be ready to revise this decision when South Sudan shows full cooperation.” “It is time for the South Sudan temporary government to cease to use the United States,” he added.

South Sudan is threatened with a civil war

Reuters points out that the decision was announced while Southern Sudan is threatened with a re -outbreak of the civil war.

The administration of President Trump undertakes – as Reuters notes – “aggressive actions” in the field of immigration, including deporting people considered to be illegally in the US. For the first time, however, such actions were taken against all citizens of a given country.