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In the year In 2017, during Trump’s first term, Infantino suggested that the US travel ban on citizens of six majority-Muslim countries was inconsistent with competition rules, and could derail the country’s hopes of hosting the 2026 Games.
“It is clear with regard to the FIFA tournament that any team, including the team’s supporters and officials, must enter the country to qualify for the World Cup, otherwise there will be no World Cup,” he warned.
However, Trump’s second-term immigration policies have left four rival countries — Iran, Haiti, Senegal and Ivory Coast — with full or partial travel bans for supporters, the White House said, adding that security concerns need to be addressed.
In fact, according to the analysis of BBC travel data, more than a quarter of the 48 countries participating in the World Cup They are facing travel bans, stricter restrictions or higher visa rejection rates.
Last month, visitors from Algeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde and Tunisia were exempted from paying a deposit of up to $15,000 (£11,000) before obtaining a US visa.
Over the weekend, the International Sports Press Association complained about “a long-standing and unacceptable problem for our journalists – the denial of entry visas to formally accredited colleagues”.
And on Monday, FIFA said Omar Artan, who was slated to become the first Somali referee at a World Cup final, had been removed from the list of officials. After being denied entry to America. No reason has been given by US immigration officials, but Somalia is on the Trump administration’s travel ban list.
Former Australian Socceroos captain and now activist Craig Foster said: “This is a tournament where players, fans and officials are not going to be risk-free.”
“This is no shame for a sport that has for a decade declared its commitment to upholding its own human rights policy.
This should erase the somewhat widespread idea of a separation between politics and sports around the world. “This is a deeply politicized World Cup, like no other sporting event I can remember.”
