US plans to admit 17 500 white SA refugees next year
More than 13000 "refugees" arrived from SA since the first group landed in the US in May last year.
The United States is preparing to admit an additional 17,500 refugees in the coming year, with the majority of these placements set to be granted to white Afrikaners from South Africa, according to the administration of President Donald Trump. The State Department informed Congress about this plan, which will commence in October and is expected to cost $500 million for the fiscal year.
This figure has not changed since Trump raised the annual refugee ceiling to 17,500 in May of this year. So far, over 13,000 "refugees" have arrived from South Africa since the first group arrived in the U.S. in May of last year. The initial figure of 17,500 was reported in May when Trump signed a determination to raise the refugee ceiling by 10,000.
However, the administration now intends to maintain this level into the next fiscal year, which begins in October. The State Department told Congress that these 17,500 additional places would be available starting next month at a projected cost of $500 million. Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, has repeatedly rejected Washington's claims that Afrikaners face systemic racial persecution, with International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola calling the refugee program a race-based policy.
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