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Afrikaner Refugee Says Antisemitic Post Was From Meds

Charl Kleinhaus, set to be resettled in NY, called Jews 'untrustworthy'

(Newser) - The first group of white South Africans taking the Trump administration up on a controversial relocation program has arrived in the US, with the Afrikaners claiming they're facing violence and threats of land seizures back home. "We never expected this land expropriation thing to go so far,"...

Episcopal Church Makes 'Striking' Move on Refugees

Church won't help resettle South African refugees, citing its 'commitment to racial justice'

(Newser) - The Episcopal Church's migration service is ending its longstanding partnership with the US federal government after refusing to help resettle white South Africans recently granted refugee status in the US. Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the decision this week, citing the church's "commitment to racial justice...

First Group of White South African Refugees Heads to US

Afrikaner families prioritized as refugee groups question US policy shift

(Newser) - The first group of white South Africans taking part in the Trump administration's controversial relocation program left South Africa Sunday en route for the US, where they'll have refugee status. The 49 people, members of the country's minority Afrikaner group, departed Johannesburg on a private charter...

White South Africans Take Trump Up on His Offer

Administration to fly in about 60 refugees on Monday after blocking other groups

(Newser) - The Trump administration plans to fly about 60 white South Africans to Washington on Monday, reviving only for them a program to admit people escaping war and political persecution that has been otherwise shut down. President Trump signed an executive order in February suggesting that "Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored...

Trump Offered Asylum, 67K White South Africans Jumped

Group finds tens of thousands are interested in coming to US as refugees

(Newser) - South Africa has been in President Trump's crosshairs over the past few months, with Trump accusing the African nation's government of confiscating land from white farmers—a claim that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denies. Trump issued an executive order in February that cut aid to South Africa...

Cops Probe Gay Sex Link in Supremacist's Murder

'Something shocking,' says suspect's attorney

(Newser) - South African police are probing a possible gay sex link to the murder of white supremacist land owner Eugene Terreblanche. A teenager has admitted that he killed the farmer with a co-worker after Terreblanche refused to pay them wages. But police said they are probing all possible motivations, including gay...

'Urine Stew' Vid Sparks Furor in S. Africa

Anti-integration students force-fed black workers vile soup

(Newser) - South Africans have reacted with outrage and violence to a homemade video showing white college students forcing black employees to eat dirty meat and soup mixed with urine. The four Afrikaners, who don't disguise their faces, made the video to protest racial integration at the formerly all-white University of the...

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