White South African refugee program

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In February 2025, a refugee program officially known as Mission South Africa was launched by United States president Donald Trump under Executive Order 14204 to grant refugee status to white South Africans and other minorities in South Africa, primarily Afrikaners, under claims of systemic violence and racial discrimination linked to South Africa's post-apartheid land reform policies. The Trump administration justified the program by alleging that White South African farmers were victims of what it described as a "genocide" and state-backed persecution. The initiative was met with strong opposition from the South African government. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa rejected the premise of the program, arguing that the white minority was not facing persecution that would meet the threshold for refugee status under international law. By August 2026, nearly 13,000 South Africans had been admitted to the United States, while reports the following month indicated that an unknown number...

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