Afghanistan, Oct. 17 -- The Trump administration has set a limit of 17,500 refugees for the United States in fiscal year 2027, with admissions to be allocated primarily to white South Africans, extending a policy that has sharply restricted access to the country's refugee resettlement program.
President Donald Trump announced the ceiling in a presidential determination dated September 25 and published in the Federal Register on October 2. The decision directs that admissions primarily be allocated to Afrikaners, the white ethnic minority in South Africa, under an executive order targeting what the administration describes as unjust racial discrimination.
The administration has argued that Afrikaners face land seizures, discrimination and ...