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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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Trump: 'It's not a Muslim ban'

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US President Donald Trump has told reporters in the Oval Office that his executive order curbing immigration into the United States is "not a Muslim ban".

He added: "It's working out very nicely. We're going to have a very, very strict ban and we're going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years."

Trump's order puts a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily bars travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries.

As the order took effect there were protests outside airports and confusion over which travellers were affected.

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