Reports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week.

South Africa has criticised the US as reports emerge suggesting Washington could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week.

A document seen by the BBC’s US partner CBS describes the potential resettlement as a “priority” for President Donald Trump’s government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House.

In a statement published on Friday, South Africa’s foreign ministry described the purported move as “politically motivated” and designed to undermine South Africa’s “constitutional democracy”.

  • tourist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 hours ago

    I just don’t know what they expect will happen when they get to the USA.

    I assume they aren’t going to be handed a huge plot of land to farm with.

  • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    6 hours ago

    i remember learning about discrimination types, when i got to overt i was like that never happens anymore, it’s always concealed, but republicans don’t care don’t they?

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      6 hours ago

      Just the fact that you were learning about it means you were probably not in an area where people are overtly racist. It absolutely still happens.

      • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 hours ago

        it was at institutional level, working for a bank, we don’t do whites only loans anymore, but at personal level of course overt discrimination happens often