Trump administration welcomes 49 white South Africans as refugees

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American officials welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans at Washington Dulles International Airport Monday afternoon in a ceremony greeting them as refugees, under the argument that they are fleeing discrimination and racially based violence in their home country.
NBC News
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But the president has singled out one specific group of people who will be allowed entry into the United States and appear to be on a fast track to citizenship: white South Africans.
The Independent
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The decision to admit the 49 people also has raised questions from refugee advocates about why the group should be admitted when the Trump administration has suspended efforts to resettle people who are fleeing war and persecution and have gone through years of vetting before coming to the United States.
Hindustan Times
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Dozens of Afrikaners arrived in the US from South Africa on Monday, the first beneficiaries of a controversial resettlement programme that was instigated by President Donald Trump.
Irish Times

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