Trump administration revokes all South Sudanese visas in repatriation row:
State department accuses east African country of ‘taking advantage of the United ...
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US Cancels All Visas for South Sudan CitizensThe US revoked visas for 133 South Sudanese under TPS due to refusal to accept deportees, effective immediately from April 2025.
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- The United States has revoked all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and barred new entries from the country.
- The State Department accused South Sudan of exploiting US repatriation efforts by refusing to accept its nationals back.
- South Sudanese in the US currently hold Temporary Protected Status, which is set to expire in May 2025.
- Tensions have escalated in South Sudan following the house arrest of Vice-President Machar, threatening the 2018 peace deal.
South Sudan has been in a state of civil conflict since its creation and the only difference is whether the conflict has been open or smouldering beneath the surface.— Mukesh Kapila, an academic who was the UN head in Sudan in 2004, commenting on the ongoing conflicts in South Sudan.
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