Overview

• The Trump administration plans to resettle approximately 100 white South African refugees next week, processed in just three months instead of the usual 18–24 months.
• South Africa's government has formally protested, calling the program politically motivated and rejecting claims of racial discrimination against Afrikaners.
• Around 8,000 applications from white South Africans were reviewed, with tens of thousands reportedly expressing interest in the program.
• The U.S. refugee initiative follows strained relations between the two nations after Trump's February freeze on aid to South Africa over its land expropriation law.
• Refugee advocacy groups criticized the selective nature of the program, noting thousands of other vetted refugees remain in limbo globally.