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The first group of white South Africans arrived in the United States on Monday after President Donald Trump offered them a safe haven from what he described as “genocide.”
The government in Pretoria has firmly denied Trump’s claims that it is discriminating against the country’s white minority or condoning attacks on farmers of European descent.
Pretoria has drawn international attention since passing a controversial law in January permitting the expropriation of land, most of which is owned by white farmers, without compensation.
State Department officials welcomed 59 individuals – including small children – at an airport hangar outside Washington, DC. “I want you all to know that you are really welcome here and that we respect what you have had to deal with these last few years,” said Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. He added, “Many of these folks have experience with threatening invasions of their homes, their farms, and a real lack of interest or success of the government in doing anything about this situation.”
The US had previously granted asylum to 54 Afrikaners – the descendants of Dutch colonists – who make up about 7% of South Africa’s population…
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