Europe wakes up to chaos and confusion as Trump restricts travel from 26 countries
Elsewhere, travelers reported long lines of Americans trying to get home at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. New York Times reporter Mike McIntire described the situation as"bedlam" and said Americans were paying as much as $20,000 for a ticket home.
"We are now mapping out, together with the airlines, what this means exactly for flights to the U.S.," the airport said in a written statement. Passengers line up at the Air France ticketing desk inside Terminal 2E at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Thursday.Schengen is different from the European Union; Ireland is not a member, and although the United Kingdom recently left the E.U. it was never part of this club either. As such, both these countries were exempt from Trump's travel ban.
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