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Eugene

(64,525 posts)
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 09:25 AM Yesterday

US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

Source: Reuters

US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement

Tim Cocks, Nellie Peyton, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke
Thu, April 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM EDT 7 min read

JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking refugee status about their troubles with land disputes, crime and perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the United States.

Some of the South African applicants have taken part in a first round of interviews in Pretoria, three of them told Reuters, describing positive encounters with U.S. officials who seemed well disposed towards them and their accounts of persecution.

More than 30 applicants have already been approved, according to a person familiar with the matter.

"The staff at the embassy were exceptionally friendly," said Mark, a South African farmer who did not wish his family name to be published as the process is confidential. "I could feel they had empathy."

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/little-known-federal-agency-center-164516799.html

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US focuses on persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement (Original Post) Eugene Yesterday OP
Sort of like complaints about losing plantations no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1
Didn't one "influencer" recently complain about the owners not being *compensated* for their freed slaves ?? eppur_se_muova Yesterday #5
Great JBTaurus83 Yesterday #2
Taking over USA farmers............. Lovie777 Yesterday #3
Well.. ._. Yesterday #4

eppur_se_muova

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5. Didn't one "influencer" recently complain about the owners not being *compensated* for their freed slaves ??
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 10:28 AM
Yesterday

I'm sure Stephen Miller and Turnip had to sympathize with that.

Lovie777

(18,089 posts)
3. Taking over USA farmers.............
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 09:45 AM
Yesterday

what say you. Will shithole musk republicans give them money re farms, etc?

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