Trump's refugee policy: Only white South Africans welcome?

The US government cited an “unforeseen emergency” in South Africa as the reason the refugee program would be expanded. However, only white minority South Africans — who are allegedly being persecuted on racial grounds in their country — would be granted refugee status. The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that there is an ongoing genocide against white Afrikaners , allegations the South African government strongly denies. Experts also say there is no statistical evidence of increased crime targeting white farmers.  For Oscar van Heerden, a research fellow at the Center for African Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg, this is based on a distorted understanding intended to “undermine South Africa’s moral […]...

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