Hundreds of Swedes have been stopped by police for helping refugees across the bridge from Denmark, but only a handful have been charged with smuggling. ?My understanding from the prosecutor is that the case is about lack of legal clarity in this situation,? ?nnevall says. ??nnevall?s dilemma has become everyone?s dilemma,? Jensen wrote in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan last weekend. ?nnevall?s case is set to clarify in Swedish law whether it is a crime to aid a human being in distress. It was a choice faced by thousands of Europeans that year ? can I do something directly to help a refugee?

For now, Trump`s immigration order isn`t expected to directly hit political or economic ties with either country but it could bring longer-term social costs. "While Trump`s policies may not affect bilateral relations, it will certainly sway public perception, against the U.S," Arul Hadi Abdullah, Malaysia analyst at BowerGroupAsia, told CNBC in anticipation of the ban on Friday. Many expect Trump`s policies, perceived as unjust and discriminatory, could result in a decline of American soft power in Muslim-majority regions, which former U.S. leader Barack Obama attempted to carefully rebuild in the aftermath of the Bush regime. Politicians in Malaysia, where 60 percent of the 28 million-strong population is Muslim, also voiced concern about the move. Syrian refugees were indefinitely banned, while refugees from the other six countries faced a three-month hold.

""While we are very troubled by this situation, our first concern is for those of our international students and scholars who are directly affected. A senior Trump administration official said "this is not a travel ban. Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed Is Trump`s refugee ban legal? Related: Trump Signs Order Suspending Admission of Syrian RefugeesThe order was causing confusion among travelers and at airports around the world. "We`re going to have extreme vetting, which we should`ve had in this country for many years," Trump said.

The Australian government source told Reuters Trump confirmed the deal to resettle asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention camps to the United States would go ahead. Trump`s "extreme vetting" order had cast doubt on the future of the refugee resettlement deal. Australia, a staunch U.S. ally, has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since 2014 and authorities say they have thwarted a number of plots. Homeland Security officials have begun assessing the asylum seekers, although it was unclear when those found to be genuine refugees would be resettled. Many of those in Australia`s offshore camps have fled conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere.

ACLU: President Could Not Override the CourtA federal judge granted a temporary stay in President Trump`s executive order on extreme vetting and refugees. The decision blocks the Trump administration from removing refugees from the country

10:26Trump is facing mounting criticism for his ban on all Syrian refugees entering the US and a halt on arrivals from a string of mostly Muslim countries, Guardian staff report. The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it would be filing a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the order ?because its apparent purpose and underlying motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States?. Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the Senate, said:Tears are running down the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty tonight as a grand tradition of America, welcoming immigrants, that has existed since America was founded, has been stomped upon. The US president?s executive order, named Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.

" Trump admitted that he used to be a "fan of Merkel," but changed his mind after her decision to allow refugees into Germany. Here is a sampling of what candidate Trump had to say about Merkel on the campaign trail:At a November 2015 rally in Knoxville, Tennessee, Trump said that what Merkel did to Germany was "a disgrace. That means Trump will be living out his campaign trail prediction that he may have to "deal with" German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who Trump called his favorite world leader and the woman he accused of "ruining Germany. When Merkel beat Trump out for TIME Magazine`s Person of the Year 2015, Trump took to Twitter to vent his frustration:I told you @TIME Magazine would never pick me as person of the year despite being the big favorite They picked person who is ruining Germany ? Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2015 President Donald Trump will round out his first week in the White House on Saturday with phone calls to the leaders of Russia, Germany, and France, according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

Groups that support curbing immigration applauded the order, highlighting that it made good on the president?s campaign... President Donald Trump?s order to temporarily suspend the U.S. refugee program and nationals from several majority-Muslim countries, as well as to indefinitely ban the entry of Syrian refugees, drew fierce condemnation from civil-rights organizations and leaders of faith-based groups charged with absorbing refugees.

But even after the horrors of the Holocaust, the U.S. still refused to open its doors to Jewish refugees. Because Max?s birth father was born in a disputed area between Poland and Germany, Max was never able to obtain citizenship. So Max and Esther did what most refugees spend huge periods of their lives doing: They waited. President Harry Truman permitted some 35,000 to 40,000 displaced persons, most of them Jewish, to come between 1945 and 1948. By August 1939, with war looming, Esther had obtained two visas ? one to Peru and one to Chile.

?The ban itself is a Muslim ban,? said Abed Ayoub, legal and policy director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). The move was widely seen as a fulfillment of Trump?s previous pledge to implement a ban on Muslims entering the country. The Guardian has obtained a draft copy of the order which has been circulating among immigration lawyers. New York considers itself a sanctuary city, and local leaders, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, have repeatedly pledged to remain that way. ?To be able to be part of a movement against hate, against fear, and against discrimination.?