A U.S.-funded charter plane departed Johannesburg carrying 49 white South Africans claiming discrimination, welcomed as refugees by the Trump administration. This expedited process for Afrikaners, who assert they face job denial and violence due to their race, contrasts sharply with the near halt on refugee admissions from conflict regions. Critics argue this initiative undermines the refugee system’s integrity and has heightened tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, with many Afrikaners expressing a desire for support to improve their situation at home rather than relocation.
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