US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say
Donald Trump
suspended the US refugee settlement programme in January on his first day in office, leaving
more than 100,000 people approved for resettlement stranded,
having fled war and persecution in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan.
In February, Trump
signed an executive order directing his government to grant refugee status to Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch and French colonisers who he claimed were discriminated against.
On Thursday, US officials were trying to arrange a charter flight to land at Dulles international airport, with commercial flights being assessed as an alternative,
NPR reported, citing unnamed sources.
Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination
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