Johannesburg, April 8, 2026 (AFP) - Nearly 5,000 S.African Afrikaners take up Trump refugee offer

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2026-04-08

Nearly 5,000 white Afrikaners have entered the United States under a programme launched by President Donald Trump nearly a year ago based on unfounded claims that the South African minority faces persecution, a document seen by AFP on Wednesday showed. The Trump administration has essentially ended refugee admissions as part of a crackdown on immigration but made an exception for South Africa's white Afrikaans community, descendants of the first......

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