Yemeni Rafek Ahmed Mohammed Al-Sanani, 22, looks through documents as he speaks with Reuters in Serdang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Rozanna Latiff
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen is urging the U.S. government to take in dozens of Yemenis who travelled to Malaysia in recent months expecting to immigrate to the United States, only to find themselves stranded by President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban.
The ban, which was blocked by lower courts before being partially reinstated by the Supreme Court in June, temporarily bars citizens of Yemen and five other Muslim-majority countries with no "bona fide" connections to the United States from travelling there.
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