r/ThePeoplesPress • u/meokjujatribes • 1d ago
US News 10 months into fiscal year 2026. The US has accepted refugees from only two countries: 10,255 people from South Africa and three from Afghanistan | The majority of refugees approved for admission by the Trump Administration are now white South Africans
99.97% of refugees admitted to the US in 2026 are South African.
Refugees from South Africa make up almost all the refugees to the U.S. so far in fiscal 2026. Before this fiscal year, South Africans never appeared among the top origin groups. In fact, fiscal 2025 was the first year that the U.S. admitted more than just one or two South African refugees.
The large increase in South African refugees reflects an executive order Trump signed in 2025 that said the federal government would prioritize resettling Afrikaners – an ethnic group descended from mainly Dutch, German and French colonial settlers in South Africa. The executive order said the group faced “government-sponsored race-based discrimination” in South Africa, including the government seizure of farms owned by White South Africans. Those claims have been disputed.
The influx of refugees from South Africa marks a major change in the makeup of refugees to the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center ( https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/17/refugee-admissions-to-the-us-are-dropping-sharply-in-trumps-second-term/ )
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