Some White South Africans look to U.S.

U.S. officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking refugee status about their troubles land disputes, crime and perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the United States. Sam BusaURL

U.S. eyes persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

Mark, who is in his 50s and worked in the food industry abroad for decades, said he had told U.S. officials that Black empowerment laws had left him unemployable. The laws are intended by the government to correct past exclusion of Black South Africans from the economy under apartheid. It was not immediately possible to […]

US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

Accounts from applicants who have been interviewed, the number of people approved so far and the request to the IOM have not previously been reported. Two U.S. refugee officers travelled to Pretoria to conduct interviews, said two U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials, adding that some applicants who said Black South Africans had persecuted them […]

US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

US officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking refugee status about their troubles with land disputes, crime and perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the United States. Some of the South African applicants have taken part in a first round of interviews in Pretoria, three of them told […]

US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a February 7 executive order that called for the U.S. to resettle Afrikaner refugees. It said Afrikaners, who are descendants of mostly Dutch early settlers, were “victims of unjust racial discrimination”. The order came after Trump had suspended all U.S. refugee admissions, citing security and cost concerns. Thousands of Afghans, Congolese […]