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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Deng Machol

South Sudan says revocation of US visas is unfair and based on a case of mistaken nationality

Belgium NATO Foreign Ministers - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

South Sudan has criticized the revocation of U.S. visas for all its nationals as unfair and said it was based on an incident that didn't involve one of its citizens but another African national.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the decision to revoke all visas for South Sudanese came because the country’s government failed to accept the return of its citizens being removed from the United States “in a timely manner.”

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