US EditionTrump just brought a group of White South Africans to the US as refugees. What are they escaping?
- On May 12, the Trump administration brought 59 white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity to the US as refugees, arriving at Dulles Airport on a charter flight.
- This relocation follows President Trump's February executive order citing racial persecution by South Africa's Black-led government as the reason for fast-tracking these applications.
- While the administration claims Afrikaners face violence and land dispossession, South African officials and data reject these allegations, noting no land has been expropriated and violent crime affects all races.
- Trump stated Afrikaners are victims of 'genocide' and said race 'makes no difference to me,' but refugee groups and Democrats have criticized the move as politically motivated and unsubstantiated.
- The event implies a possibly expanding US resettlement program for Afrikaners despite overall refugee restrictions, while South Africa deems the US action a misunderstanding of its domestic issues.
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«It is a genocide»: first white refugees from South Africa land in the USA
The Trump administration has suspended the reception of refugees indefinitely. With one exception: on Monday the first plane landed in Washington with about sixty white South Africans on board. They were welcomed with open arms.
South Africa Deserves Truth, Not Trump’s Imported Racism"
Stop the Lies: White South Africans Are Not Victims, and Trump’s Racist Agenda Must Be Called Out Let’s be clear: White South Africans are not under siege. They are not being hunted. There is no “white genocide.” That toxic myth, one Donald Trump...
Trump welcomes white South African refugees amid genocide concerns
The Trump administration welcomed nearly 60 white South African refugees to the country Monday as President Donald Trump said they face discrimination and violence in their country. Christopher Landau, deputy secretary of state, welcomed the families at an airport hangar outside Washington, D.C. Many Afrikaners, including toddlers and young children, could be seen holding small American flags as they prepared to board other flights to different …
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