#Trump ordered a halt to refugee admissions into the US after taking office in 2025 as part of his crackdown on #legal & illegal #immigration. But weeks later, he launched an effort to bring in white South Africans of #Afrikaner ethnicity as “ #refugees”, falsely claiming they had been violently persecuted in the majority-Black country. #SouthAfrica's government has rejected that claim, & refugee advocates have criticized the Trump policy.
…South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said his government would not interfere with the #US program if it remained within #legal boundaries, while reiterating Pretoria's rejection of Trump's claims about #white #SouthAfricans.
"The assertion that #Afrikaners face systemic persecution is fundamentally unsubstantiated," he said.