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Widespread protests over Donald Trump's travel ban

Downing Street has rejected calls to axe the state visit planned for Donald Trump following widespread outrage over his travel ban on people from certain countries.

More than one million people have signed a petition stating Mr Trump should not be given a state visit.

The immigration curbs have sparked chaos across the US as travellers were detained at airports and thousands of protesters gathered to campaign against the policy.

Boris Johnson has claimed President Trump's immigration policy is "divisive... discriminatory and wrong", but dismissed claims the US is "hostile" towards foreigners.

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Theresa May fails to condemn Trump's refugee ban

Prime Minister Theresa May says the US is responsible for its own refugee policy Credit: AP

British Prime Minister Theresa May has failed to condemn newly-elected American President Donald Trump's ban on refugees entering the United States.

During a press conference in Ankara, with her Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim, on Saturday the PM told reporters: "The United States is responsible for the United States policy on refugees."

She added: "The United Kingdom is responsible for the United Kingdom's policy on refugees and our policy on refugees is to have a number of voluntary schemes to bring Syrian refugees into the country, particularly those who are most vulnerable, but also to provide significant financial contributions to support refugees in countries surrounding Syria."

It comes after the US president announced a bar on all refugees from entering the US for four months and an indefinite block on all those fleeing Syria.

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