‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US

More than 13,000 Afrikaners have moved to the US as refugees since the first group arrived in May 2025.-EFE More than 13,000 Afrikaners have moved to the US as refugees since the first group arrived in May 2025.-EFE South Africa ‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing

Prefer the Guardian on Google When Donald Trump announced in February 2025 that the US would accept Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, many white South Africans who believed that they were victims of racism in their country thought that their prayers had been answered.