"From October 2025 through August 2026, the U.S. admitted 12,904 refugees: 12,901 South Africans and three Afghans, according to State Department figures. The administration did not simply give Afrikaners priority within a global refugee system. It shut down the broader system, then made an exception for a white minority whose alleged persecution Trump has falsely described as genocide. For refugees elsewhere, that route to safety in the U.S. remained closed."
The False ‘White Genocide’ Claim Reshaping US-South Africa Relations
New visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute over allegations of white persecution
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