Trump Administration Resettles Nearly 4,500 White South African Refugees In US

Since October 2025, the United States has admitted 4,499 refugees under Trump's Afrikaner resettlement program.

“US has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African President Donald Trump's overhaul of US refugee policies has created a major shift in the number and nationalities of people admitted to the country, US government data shows”

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All but three were South African.

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The program was launched to aid victims of racial injustice, focusing on white Afrikaners.

South Africa has strongly denied any widespread persecution of Afrikaners.

The Refugee Admissions Program was drastically scaled back under Trump, with a new cap of 7,500 people per year.

South Africa's ambassador to the US was expelled after accusing Trump of mobilising a supremacism.

The South African government condemned the program as based on disinformation.

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Prominent Afrikaners published open letters rejecting the narrative.

The Episcopal Church ended its refugee resettlement grant in protest.

Clean Clothes Campaign spokesperson said the audit system was fundamentally broken.

The refugee program has exacerbated diplomatic tensions between Washington and Pretoria.

“Donald Trump has drastically scaled back the United States' refugee admissions program”

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Trump halted all aid payments to South Africa in protest over the expropriation law.

The US government has signed off on plans to drastically increase the approval rate for applications.

A modular village would be erected at the US Embassy in Pretoria.

South Africa firmly rejects the allegations of persecution and genocide.