Do we really have to mock people who use an opportunity to leave their country of birth when invited to settle elsewhere? It’s a big, potentially traumatic step for any family. Compassion would not be out of place. So what if South Africans who have left for the US do not fit the United Nations (UN) definition of refugees? US President Donald Trump has executive authority to order that the Afrikaners be treated as refugees. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says: “Refugees are people forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country.
Sam Busa