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The group, which included families and small children, was due to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Monday morning local time.
A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane, having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program announced in February.
The group, which included families and small children, was due to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Monday morning local time.
They are the first Afrikaners — a white minority group in South Africa — to be relocated after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Feb. 7, accusing South Africa’s Black-led government of racial discrimination against them and announcing a program to offer them relocation to America.
The South African government said it is “completely false” that Afrikaners are being persecuted. The Trump administration has fast-tracked its applications while pausing other refugee programs, halting arrivals from Afghanistan, Iraq, most of sub-Saharan Africa and other countries in a move being challenged in court.
Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritised ahead of people from countries wracked by war and natural disasters. Vetting for refugee status in the U.S. often takes years.
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The South African government said there was no justification for them being relocated but said it wouldn’t stop them and respected their freedom of choice.
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