'We're not a threat': anger as Tonga falls under US visa restrictions

The small Pacific nation of Tonga is one of more than a dozen countries to be hit with visa and entry restrictions from today as the Trump administration tightens its crackdown on immigration.

- Kalafi Moala

In December, the US said it would further restrict and limit the entry of foreign nationals to protect the country from “national security and public safety threats”.

The measures included expanding the US travel ban to bar nationals from five more countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria. The US also issued “partial restrictions and entry limitations” on 15 additional countries: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote @Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, the Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.