South Africans dominate US refugee arrivals amid immigration policy shift
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From October 2025 to March 2026, nearly all refugees admitted to the United States were South Africans, with 4,496 arrivals, while only three came from Afghanistan. The surge followed a Trump administration policy prioritizing Afrikaners, a white South African minority, amid claims of racial persecution that have been rejected, straining USâSouth Africa relations and raising questions about refugee criteria.
