US government plans to increase number of white South Africans it admits as refugees

State department says Afrikaners in ‘emergency refugee situation’, a claim previously rebutted by South AfricaThe US government has said it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees this year from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming that “unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation.”Since starting his second term in office last year, Donald Trump has repeatedly made false claims that white Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a “wh... The Trump administration plans to admit up to 10,000 more white South African refugees into the United States, citing discrimination against Afrikaners