The Trump administration announced it will cancel temporary asylum for around 10,000 Myanmar nationals living in the US, despite the country being ruled by a military dictatorship that has a record of executing dissidents.

On Monday the Department of Homeland Security said it was terminating the designation of Burma (Myanmar) for Temporary Protected Status relief. It claimed that after reviewing conditions in Myanmar and consulting with appropriate US government agencies, “the secretary (Kristi Noem) determined that Burma no longer continues to meet the conditions” for TPS designation.

The order, set out in a post on the Federal Register , is expected to come in effect in 60 days.

The Trump administration has already withdrawn protected status for a number of other nationalities

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