The primary set of 49 white South Africans to be granted refugee standing by President Donald Trump’s administration are on their technique to the US.
On Sunday they boarded a flight from Johannesburg which is because of land in Washington DC in a while Monday.
This comes after a weekend of hypothesis about when the Afrikaners would depart for America, amid criticism from the South African authorities who described the US resettlement scheme as “politically motivated”.
Relations between South Africa and the US have been tense for months, after an government order in February by which President Trump acknowledged that Afrikaners had been victims of “racial discrimination”.
The US has criticised home South African coverage, accusing the federal government of seizing land from white farmers with none compensation – one thing which the southern African nation says has not occurred.
Bilateral tensions have been tense for months as President Trump tasked his administration with formulating plans to doubtlessly resettle Afrikaners within the US.
In March, South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after accusing President Trump of utilizing “white victimhood as a canine whistle”, resulting in the US accusing Mr Rasool of “race-baiting”.
The present group of refugees contains 49 individuals, who’re anticipated to land in Washington DC in a while Monday, earlier than persevering with to Texas.
President Trump’s openness to accepting Afrikaner refugees comes because the US has engaged in a wider crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers from different nations.
