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Abstract
On January 27, US President Donald Trump made good on one of his campaign promises and issued an executive order that bars citizens from seven countries from entering the USA for 90 days. It also suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days, nominally “to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States”. It has left citizens of Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Iran stranded in their countries or at airports in transit to the USA, including patients on their way to medical treatment. Among those affected are researchers and students returning from conferences or about to start a new job in the USA. Samira Asgari, an Iranian computational biologist made worldwide headlines after she was stranded in Frankfurt Airport on her way from Geneva to Harvard Medical School. While it is unclear how many were caught out by the unannounced measure, the principle of a blanket ban sends a chilling message to all who are accustomed to and rely on international exchange and cooperation. The executive order is also at odds with a …
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