The #Trump government has officially granted 54 #Afrikaans #SouthAfricans, #white descendants of mainly Dutch colonizers, #refugee status & they are expected to land in the #US on Monday May 12, three sources with knowledge of the matter have told NPR.

#law #immigration #Afrikaners #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s

#SouthAfrica’s govt has sparred w/ #Trump & his ofcls, saying that they are spreading #misinformation [#disinformation].

Within weeks of announcing that #Afrikaners would be eligible for #refugee status, the admin deployed teams to #Pretoria …to screen #white #SouthAfricans for consideration, acc/to the documents obtained by NYT. The teams studied >8k requests from people expressing interest in becoming #refugees, & the US govt identified 100 Afrikaners who potentially could be approved.

The arrival of the #Afrikaners would cement #Trump’s efforts to upend a program that for decades has allowed thousands of people fleeing #war, #famine & #NaturalDisaster to find safe haven in the #UnitedStates.

While the program remains suspended for #refugees across the world, such as #Congolese families in #refugee camps & #Rohingya seeking safety, #white #SouthAfricans were processed much faster than is normal for these cases.

The #Trump admin plans to send government officials to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for an event marking the arrival of the #SouthAfricans, who belong to the #white minority #Afrikaner ethnic group, acc/to the memo from #HHS. The admin initially planned to welcome the #Afrikaners on Monday, but some officials familiar w/the matter cautioned that the plans remained in flux, subject to flight logistics & processing of the group.

The #Trump admin is working to bring the first group of #white #SouthAfricans it has classified as *#refugees* to the #UnitedStates early next week, acc/to ofcls briefed on the plans & documents obtained by NYT.

Although Trump halted virtually all other #refugee admissions shortly after he took office in Jan, his admin hastily put together a program to allow in white South Africans, who he claims have been the victims of racial persecution in their country.