US EditionTrump administration planning 7,500-person refugee ceiling: Reuters
The refugee cap is set at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, prioritizing white South African Afrikaners and excluding many fleeing war-torn African countries, officials said.
- The Trump administration announced a historically low refugee admissions limit of 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, with a focus on prioritizing Afrikaner refugees from South Africa.
- This cap follows a suspension and eight-month shutdown of the 40-year-old refugee resettlement program that began when Trump returned to office in January 2025.
- Since May 2025, groups of Afrikaner refugees have arrived rapidly, including 59 in the first group and 138 by early September, while thousands of other vetted refugees remain stuck overseas.
- John Slocum of Refugee Council USA criticized the proposed low refugee admission cap, warning that it could put individuals at risk, cause family separations, and negatively impact the country’s security and economic prosperity.
- The policy shift sharply reduces overall refugee intake from Biden’s 125,000 cap last year and represents a move to align the program with Trump’s restrictive immigration agenda.
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President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to set a refugee admissions cap at 7 500 people this fiscal year, a record low that prioritises Afrikaners, three people familiar with the matter said.
Trump administration planning 7,500-person refugee ceiling, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to set a refugee admissions cap at 7,500 people this fiscal year, a record low that prioritizes white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity, three people familiar with the matter said.
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