Only 2,000 white South Africans had entered the US as refugees as of January 31 under a program launched in May 2025, although the pace has picked up in recent months. The US State Department and Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment. The South African Chamber of Commerce in the US said last year that more than 67,000 people had expressed interest in relocating. But weeks later, he launched an effort to bring in white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity as refugees, saying they had been violently persecuted in the majority-Black country. US and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow processing to continue, Reuters reported last month.

Source: The Telegraph February 27, 2026 03:37 UTC