- Passengers, from at least 14 countries, arriving by air into the United States, will be subjected to tougher body screening. Those travellers from Nigeria, Libya, Somalia and Sudan from the African continent will be most affected.
According to official reports, the African states will join countries such as Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Yemen and Cuba among those to face tougher security checks on arrival. All the countries have been listed under high security risk following the foiled terror attack by a Nigerian teenager on a US aircraft during Christmas.
According to reports, the new security measures are effective as of today.
The US authorities have said the new rules will also apply to travellers who are non-citizens of the listed countries but are coming or travelling through such states.
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