Australia Seeks Exemption From Trump Travel Ban for Its Citizens
- Any ‘preferential treatment’ should be extended, Bishop says
- White House has sought to reassure Canada, U.K. over rules
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Australia is asking the Trump administration to ensure its citizens are exempt from the immigration ban impacting seven Muslim majority countries, after U.S. officials moved to reassure Canada and the U.K.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement she’s instructed the embassy in Washington to work with U.S. officials to ensure “any preferential treatment extended to any other country in relation to travel and entry to the United States is extended to Australia."