First group of white South Africans lands in US under Trump refugee plan

White South Africans arrive in the U.S. as refugees, protected under Trump's carve out

American officials welcomed a group of 59 Afrikaners, who are from the white ethnic minority who ruled South Africa during apartheid, to the U.S. as refugees.

First group of white South Africans lands in U.S. under Trump refugee plan

The South African government vehemently denies that Afrikaners are being discriminated against, and called the Trump administration's claims "completely false."

About 50 Afrikaners, descendants of the first European settlers in South Africa who claim to be "persecuted", were welcomed to the United States on Monday, May 12, as refugees, an initiative vigorously challenged by Pretoria.

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees to the US

Move comes as administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence, poverty.

'Easily assimilate': Trump admin tries to explain refugee exception for white Afrikaners

President Donald Trump's deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, spoke to the press while welcoming a group of over 50 Afrikaner refugees. Trump announced a new executive order on Monday morning that would help individuals who were part of a genocide in South Africa of white farmers, he said....

Trump administration welcomes white South Africans upon arrival

The Trump administration granted the group refugee status due to alleged discrimination. South Africa has called the accusations "unfounded."