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South Africa envoy rejects Trump white genocide claim
BBC News··16h ago
South Africa's US ambassador Roelf Meyer, a born Afrikaner, told the BBC no white Afrikaner genocide exists. Trump accused South Africa last year and opened a refugee route; nearly 13,000 refugees reached the United States, all but three South African. A notice to Congress plans up to 17,500 more white Afrikaner admissions in 12 months.
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What It Means For You
- Afrikaners applying under the US refugee route face processing timelines set by the administration's cap notice.
- Meyer was appointed ambassador in April after US-South Africa relations deteriorated.
- Police data cited in the piece shows most crime victims in South Africa, including on farms, are black.
What's Happening
- Meyer helped negotiate the end of apartheid for the National Party in the 1990s.
- Trump met President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House last year and raised genocide claims publicly.
- An Afrikaner lobby group planned a vigil Saturday on Washington's National Mall with thousands of crosses.
Refugee pathway numbers and claims
- Every major South African party, including Afrikaner representatives, has discredited genocide claims.
- Last week the Trump administration announced visa restrictions over alleged race-based discrimination.
- Meyer said he wants to speak with Trump as a born Afrikaner with legitimacy on the subject.
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