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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Gumede

South African government rejects US claim of a humanitarian emergency for white people

South Africa’s government and prominent advocacy groups representing the country’s white Afrikaner minority have firmly rejected the Trump administration’s assertion of a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in the nation.

This claim served as the Trump administration’s justification for an unprecedented move to raise the U.S. refugee cap exclusively for white Afrikaners.

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