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US Sets Record Low Refugee Cap at 7,500, Prioritizes White South Africans

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The U.S. government has set a refugee admission cap of only 7,500 for the fiscal year 2026, down from the previous limit of 125,000, following President Donald Trump's decision to prioritize white South Africans among admitted refugees, a move that has attracted criticism over alleged racial undertones.

  1. US
    White House
    1. No refugees will be admitted in [fiscal year] 26 until the appropriate consultations with Congress are held, which are being delayed because certain members of Congress insisted on shutting down the government.
    2. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa.
  2. US
    Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
    American Immigration Council
    1. Trump's new refugee determination appears to call for admitting refugees who wouldn't meet the definition of refugee — someone who faces persecution (not 'discrimination') on the basis of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
  3. US
    Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
    Global Refuge
    1. At a time of crisis in countries ranging from Afghanistan to Venezuela to Sudan and beyond, concentrating the vast majority of admissions on one group undermines the program's purpose as well as its credibility.
    2. This decision doesn't just lower the refugee admissions ceiling. It lowers our moral standing.
  4. US
    Refugees International
    1. Let us be frank: whatever hardships some Afrikaners may face, this population has no plausible claim on refugee status – they are not fleeing systematic persecution.

sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.CNA News
  5. 5.South China Morning Post
  6. 6.France 24
  7. 7.NPR
  8. 8.Los Angeles Times
  9. 9.BBC
  10. 10.ABC News
  11. 11.Agence France-Presse
  12. 12.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.Organized crime
  5. 5.Protests
  6. 6.Immigration
  7. 7.US-India relations
  8. 8.Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum
  9. 9.India under Modi
  10. 10.United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
  11. 11.Kidnapping

countries

  1. 1.South AfricaZA
  2. 2.United StatesUS
  3. 3.AfghanistanAF
  4. 4.Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVE
  5. 5.SudanSD
  6. 6.FranceFR
  7. 7.NetherlandsNL
  8. 8.HaitiHT

organizations

  1. 1.Afrikaners
  2. 2.Federal Register
  3. 3.Democratic Party
  4. 4.White House
  5. 5.Republican Party
  6. 6.American Immigration Council
  7. 7.Global Refuge
  8. 8.International Refugee Assistance Project
  9. 9.US Department of Health and Human Services
  10. 10.US Refugee Admissions Programme
  11. 11.US State Department
  12. 12.House Judiciary Committee

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Joe BidenUS
  3. 3.Aaron Reichlin-MelnickUS
  4. 4.Krish O'Mara VignarajahUS
  5. 5.Cyril RamaphosaZA
  6. 6.Sharif Aly
  7. 7.Christopher LandauUS
  8. 8.Dick DurbinUS
  9. 9.Ebrahim RasoolZA
  10. 10.Farooq Naeem
  11. 11.Jamie RaskinUS
  12. 12.Jeanne ShaheenUS

technicals

  1. 1.Executive Order 14204
  2. 2.Oval Office
  3. 3.US Refugee Act
  4. 4.World War II
US Sets Record Low Refugee Cap at 7,500, Prioritizes White South Africans