Afghanistan, May 27 -- International Rescue Committee (IRC) said on May 26 it was deeply concerned by a decision from the United States administration to allocate an additional 10,000 refugee resettlement places exclusively to Afrikaners from South Africa while broader refugee admissions remain heavily restricted.
The humanitarian organization welcomed the increase in the refugee admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 but warned that reserving all additional places for one nationality undermines fairness in the US refugee system at a time of record global displacement.
According to the IRC, the United States Refugee Admissions Program has historically operated as a rules-based humanitarian system focused on protecting refugees based on v...