First Thing: US to limit refugee numbers to 7,500 with priority for white South Africans

Tensions were strained when South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, visited the White House in May, after Donald Trump accused his government of ‘genocide’ against white people. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the US next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans.