{"id":236990,"date":"2025-05-14T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=236990"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:38:11","slug":"white-south-africans-fly-to-the-us-after-trump-grants-them-refugee-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/white-south-africans-fly-to-the-us-after-trump-grants-them-refugee-status\/","title":{"rendered":"White South Africans fly to the US after Trump grants them refugee status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-4236029608\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1269711751\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"mbs may\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-may.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>(FRANCE 24 with AFP)<\/em>&#8211;<\/strong> A group of around 50 White<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/south-africa\/\">\u00a0South\u00a0Africans<\/a>\u00a0arrived on Monday for resettlement in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/usa\/\">United States<\/a>\u00a0after President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0granted them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20250510-us-to-welcome-white-south-africans-as-refugees-while-rejecting-other-asylum-seekers\">refugee status as victims of what he called a &#8220;genocide&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3241340343\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump essentially halted refugee arrivals after taking office, but is making an exception for the Afrikaners despite Pretoria&#8217;s insistence that they do not face persecution in their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Welcome to the land of the free,&#8221; Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau said as he greeted the&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africans, several of whom were waving small American flags, at Dulles Airport in Virginia following their flight from Johannesburg.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4261386960\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re sending a clear message that the United States really rejects the egregious persecution of people on the basis of race in&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa,&#8221; Landau said.<\/p><div id=\"antig-353750754\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the White House shortly before the group&#8217;s arrival, Trump, who is expected to meet with&nbsp;South&nbsp;African leaders next week, said the Afrikaners were fleeing a &#8220;terrible situation&#8221; back home.<\/p><div id=\"antig-754995950\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/500X500.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, whose tycoon ally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/the-debate\/20250204-trump-and-south-africa-doing-musk-s-bidding\">Elon Musk<\/a>&nbsp;was born in&nbsp;South Africa, said white farmers were being killed in the country and repeated an allegation of &#8220;genocide&#8221; that has been widely dismissed as absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a terrible situation taking place,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;So we&#8217;ve essentially extended citizenship to those people to escape from that violence and come here.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"antig-503902348\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20250510-us-to-welcome-white-south-africans-as-refugees-while-rejecting-other-asylum-seekers\">US to welcome White South Africans as \u2018refugees\u2019 while rejecting other asylum-seekers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South&nbsp;African President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/cyril-ramaphosa\/\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a>&nbsp;dismissed claims Afrikaners were being persecuted and said he recently told Trump what he is being told about their situation &#8220;is not true&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A refugee is someone who has to leave their country out of fear of political persecution, religious persecution, or economic persecution,&#8221; Ramaphosa said. &#8220;And they don&#8217;t fit that bill.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re the only country on the continent where the colonisers came to stay and we have never driven them out of our country,&#8221; he added at a forum in Abidjan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South&nbsp;African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola also scoffed at claims that white Afrikaners face persecution or are being targeted for murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most victims of killings in&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;are young black men in urban areas, according to official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The crime that we have in&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;affects everyone irrespective of race and gender,&#8221; Lamola said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-beyond-absurd-nbsp\">&#8216;Beyond absurd&#8217;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Under eligibility guidelines published by the US embassy, applicants for US resettlement must either be of Afrikaner ethnicity or belong to a racial minority in&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They must also &#8220;be able to articulate a past experience of persecution or fear of future persecution&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump and Musk have accused&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa&#8217;s government of targeting Afrikaners with a controversial land seizure law enacted this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Trump threatened to not attend an upcoming&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/g20\/\">G20&nbsp;<\/a>summit in&nbsp;South&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;unless the &#8220;situation is taken care of&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>America&#8217;s biggest trading partner in&nbsp;Africa&nbsp;is also under fire from Washington for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/video\/20240111-s-africa-demands-end-to-gaza-offensive-highest-un-court-is-going-to-inject-law-into-this-dispute\">leading a case at the International Court of Justice<\/a>&nbsp;accusing US ally Israel of &#8220;genocidal&#8221; acts in its Gaza offensive, a claim Israel denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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It&#8217;s about their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20250509-stockholm-refuses-bizarre-us-trump-request-to-reject-diversity-dei-policies\">hatred for DEI<\/a>,&#8221; he told AFP, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion programs that have become a favorite Trump target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The people who have now fled have probably been motivated by financial considerations and\/or an unwillingness to live in a post-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/apartheid\/\">apartheid<\/a>&nbsp;society where Whites no longer call the shots,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whites, who make up 7.3 percent of the population, generally enjoy a higher standard of living than the black majority. 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