Nationwide — A second group of white South African refugees arrived just lately within the U.S. below a particular resettlement program pushed by the Trump administration. This fast-tracked plan goals to assist white South Africans who say they face racial persecution at dwelling.
Final week, 9 folks, together with households, landed in Atlanta on a business flight, in keeping with ABC News. This follows the first group of 59 refugees who arrived in Virginia final month on a chartered aircraft. Each teams got here via the Afrikaner resettlement program, which began in February below President Donald Trump.
The U.S. authorities says white South Africans are focused by violent crime linked to their Black-led authorities, granting them refugee standing. However South Africa’s authorities disputes this, calling the claims exaggerated and saying crime impacts all races, not simply whites.
Initially meant for Afrikaners, descendants of primarily Dutch and French settlers, this system now consists of any racial minority in South Africa who can present previous or feared persecution.
South Africa’s white inhabitants is round 4.5 million, together with about 2.7 million Afrikaners, in a rustic of 62 million folks, over 80% of whom are Black.
Whereas the U.S. has not launched precise numbers, advocacy teams estimate that 1000’s of white South Africans have utilized to relocate below this coverage. The U.S. Embassy says it continues to display candidates and conduct interviews with those that meet this system’s standards.
