The Arab countries respond to the decree of Donald trump – Onet.pl

Oscar Manouchehrian is molecular biology researchers in the common retinal conditions and live in Lund. He has Swedish citizenship – but also iranian. Perhaps, therefore, he is forced to cancel a trip to a ögonkonferens in Baltimore, USA, in may.

“Probably we will try to cancel the trip,” says Oscar Manouchehrian.

Friday’s presidentorder from Donald Trump prevents people with citizenship in Iraq, Syria, Lybien, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Iran – to enter the united states over the next 90 days. It doesn’t matter if you like Oscar Manouchehrian also have citizenship in Sweden.

Oscar Manouchehrian.Image: Private

the Idea was that he would present the results of their research on a large ögonkonferens in Baltimore in may. On Friday, before the act was hammered, he sent in the visa application and plane tickets were booked.

– It destroys the planning for the in our. It destroys a bit of my work ethic, it feels a bit sad. And you have contacts in the US also.

“It has not sunk in yet,” says Oscar Manouchehrian.

BMC, the Biomedical centre, Lund university, sweden.Image: Johan Pihlemark

the Trip is booked for the 5th of may. 90-day grace period, Trump issued expires a few days before the flight to take off from Sweden.

When Oscar Manouchehrian applied for a visa to the united states in the year 2016, it took a month before he got to it, which means that he does not believe that he will be able to get the visa before the departure date.

When he applied for a visa last year, he was interviewed in the american embassy and was forced to declare that he was a researcher. He could not, as swedes without dual citizenship in some other countries, seek authorization through Esta.

“It was quite absurd, even then,” says Oscar Manouchehrian.

the united states has been the first choice to travel to in research purposes, ” he says. But it can be changed.

– We will look more to Japan and other major forskarnationer.

at the same time, there are people who are on the run from the war and now do not have any opportunity to enter in the united states.

– It is very much a luxury problem that I can’t go and show the results if you think about the refugee crisis, ” says Oscar Manouchehrian.