The White House has announced changes to the popular US visa waiver programme so that security officials can more closely screen travellers from 38 countries allowed to enter the United States without obtaining visas before they travel. Under the new measures, which were prompted by the November 13 attacks in Paris by Islamic State militants, the Department of Homeland Security would immediately start to collect more information from travellers about past visits to countries such as Syria and Iraq, the White House said. The scheme has come under scrutiny following the Paris attacks since several of the suspected perpetrators were from Belgium and France, which are countries on the list....
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