# ‘I believed the hype’: White South Africans denied refugee status in US

https://mins.news/en/item/58723

- The Guardian, 2026-09-15 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/15/white-south-africans-denied-refugee-status-us

> After Donald Trump announced that the US would admit Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, thousands relocated. In recent months, however, dozens of applicants have been rejected without explanations, leaving them confused and dismayed. The programme appears to be slowing, while Trump’s claim of a “white genocide” in South Africa is described as false.

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