US ends deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals

South Sudanese people with temporary protected status now have 60 days to leave before facing deportation

The US is ending temporary deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals, which for more than a decade allowed people from the east African country to stay in the US after escaping conflict.

In a notice published on Wednesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said conditions in South Sudan no longer met the statutory requirements for temporary protected status. The agency also said that South Sudanese nationals with status through the programme have 60 days to leave the US before facing deportation from January.

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