{"id":1808,"date":"2026-05-19T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/19\/us-to-admit-10000-more-white-south-africans-at-a-cost-of-100m\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:40:17","slug":"us-to-admit-10000-more-white-south-africans-at-a-cost-of-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=1808","title":{"rendered":"US to admit 10,000 more white South Africans at a cost of $100m"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"5e1fe5fd-5954-4e3a-b870-e5f8573427af\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump speaking at a podium\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/412223375cfa371ef932978b9444dd6935f6fd35\/914_0_4680_3744\/master\/4680.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Trump has made false claims that Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a \u2018white genocide\u2019.<\/span> Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"5e1fe5fd-5954-4e3a-b870-e5f8573427af\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Trump has made false claims that Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a \u2018white genocide\u2019.<\/span> Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">US to admit 10,000 more white South Africans at a cost of $100m<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>State department says Afrikaners in \u2018emergency refugee situation\u2019, a claim previously rebutted by South Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US government has said it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees this year from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming that \u201cunforeseen developments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/southafrica\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">South Africa<\/a> created an emergency refugee situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Since starting his second term in office last year, Donald Trump has repeatedly made false claims that white Afrikaners are racially targeted and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/21\/trump-south-africa-president-meeting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">face a \u201cwhite genocide\u201d<\/a>, which South Africa\u2019s government has furiously rebutted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">His administration also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/06\/aid-trump-south-africa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">cut aid to South Africa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/23\/cyril-ramaphosa-gavel-g20-summit-us-handover\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg<\/a> last year and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/27\/south-africa-hits-back-trump-move-g20-meeting-florida-2026\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">disinvited South Africa<\/a> from this year\u2019s G20, which will be held at one of Trump\u2019s resorts in Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/may\/09\/us-grants-asylum-to-54-white-afrikaner-south-africans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">admitting white South Africans as refugees<\/a> in May 2025, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2025\/apr\/02\/afghan-refugees-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">suspending the refugee settlement programme<\/a> for people fleeing war and persecution in countries including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan. In the year ending in September 2024, the last full fiscal year before Trump took office, the US admitted <a href=\"https:\/\/ohss.dhs.gov\/topics\/immigration\/refugees\/annual-flow-report\/fy-24-refugees-flow-report#endnote-3\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">more than 100,000 refugees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On Monday, the US state department sent Congress an emergency notice, stating that it would take up to 17,500 Afrikaners as refugees in the year ending in September. In October, the government had said it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/30\/trump-refugee-restrictions-white-south-africans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">admit just 7,500<\/a> refugees in total, mainly white South Africans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It said the cost of resettling 10,000 more white South Africans would be about $100m (\u00a375m), according to the Associated Press, which saw a copy of the notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The state department said the South African government\u2019s rhetoric \u201cacross multiple ministries and political parties has sought to undermine the US resettlement program and attacked Afrikaners\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It also cited a South African raid of a US refugee processing centre in December, which the US government said at the time was \u201cunacceptable\u201d. South Africa\u2019s government <a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/south-africa-reaffirms-sovereign-immigration-enforcement-and-u-s-on-data-allegations-will-be-addressed-through-diplomatic-channels\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">defended<\/a> the action, saying that it had deported seven Kenyans who were working illegally in the country without permits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis escalating hostility heightens the risks to Afrikaners in South Africa, who are already subject to far-reaching government-sponsored race-based discrimination,\u201d the state department notice said.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-ri3hap\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"dd5e647c-0d89-4d6f-a2cf-301e24dd0886\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-10 | 10\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-1kyw41h\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"5\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-1bg5532\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/05\/south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-calls-donald-trump-policy-white-afrikaners-racist\" class=\"dcr-1m887w9\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-ut4tvs\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1h5b6rb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-169d7yv\">South Africa\u2019s president calls Trump\u2019s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners \u2018racist\u2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-eurq8n\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fkf7vq\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Afrikaners are descended from Dutch and French settlers and ruled South Africa during apartheid. They repressed the black majority, keeping them in poverty, while ensuring the white minority was safe and wealthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Affirmative action policies since the end of apartheid helped to create a black elite and middle class. However, more than 30 years after Nelson Mandela came to power as South Africa\u2019s first black president, South Africa remains deeply unequal. About 12% of white South Africans are unemployed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/publications\/P0211\/P02111stQuarter2026.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">official data<\/a>, compared with 48% of black South Africans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Nonetheless, \u201cblack economic empowerment\u201d policies, along with high crime rates that affect everyone, have nurtured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/30\/a-godsend-the-white-afrikaners-lining-up-to-accept-trumps-offer-of-asylum\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">feeling among some white South Africans<\/a> that they are now the victims of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The conspiracy theory of a white genocide has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/aug\/23\/white-farmers-trump-south-africa-tucker-carlson-far-right-influence\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">long been a staple of the racist far right<\/a>, which highlights incidents where white farmers were murdered. In recent years, this has also been amplified by the South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk and the rightwing media personality Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>Associated Press contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/usimmigration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US immigration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/southafrica\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">South Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-politics\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/africa\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=US%20to%20admit%2010,000%20more%20white%20South%20Africans%20at%20a%20cost%20of%20%24100m&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/us-government-increase-white-south-africa-refugees?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F19%2Fus-government-increase-white-south-africa-refugees&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/us-government-increase-white-south-africa-refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has made false claims that Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a \u2018white genocide\u2019. 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