The first group of white South Africans, specifically Afrikaners, has received refugee status as part of a program initiated by former President Donald Trump. This charter flight, which transported 49 passengers from Johannesburg, highlights an ongoing narrative regarding alleged persecution faced by this ethnic minority in South Africaâa country where white individuals, particularly Afrikaners, maintain significant economic privileges post-apartheid. Despite these claims, statistics show that white South Africans represent only 7% of the population while owning a disproportionate share of land and wealth. The initiative, backed by Trump, responds to fears of government-led expropriation of property based on race.
The application for the permit [to land] said it's the Afrikaners who are relocating to the USA as refugees. Afrikaners are a white ethnic minority, largely descended from Dutch, German and French settlers.
Trump, along with his South African-born advisor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, have been vocal about what they claim is persecution of white South Africans by the country's Black majority.
Trump signed an executive order in early February that offers resettlement to "Afrikaner refugees" who face "government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation."
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