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The United States on Saturday said it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, over its failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, AP reported.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the African nationās government of ātaking advantage of the United Statesā.
āEvery country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove them,ā he said.
The decision comes at a time when many in Africa fear that South Sudan could return to the civil war that killed 400,000 people between 2013 and 2018.
Besides revoking visas, Rubio said Washington would block any new visas āto prevent entry into the United States by South Sudanese passport holdersā.
He added that the US would ābe prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation".
Since taking office, US President Donald Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement.
This includes the repatriation of people deemed to be in the country illegally.
Trumpās predecessor, Joe Biden, had granted South Sudanese nationals ātemporary protected statusā (TPS), with the designation set to expire on 3 May 2025.
TPS shields people against deportation and is granted to foreign citizens who cannot safely return home because of war, natural disasters, or other āextraordinaryā conditions.
Last week, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling āover the abyssā into another civil war.
African Union mediators arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, this week for talks aimed at averting a new civil war.
The increase in tensions comes after First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week.
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