White South Africans arrive in US after Trump administration granted them refugee status
President Donald Trump invited Afrikaners, the descendants of mainly Dutch settlers, to move to the US in February to escape the alleged discrimination they face in South Africa.
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US President Donald Trump. Pic: AP/Mark Schiefelbein
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Afrikaners arrive at Dulles International Airport. Pic: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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Fifty-nine white South Africans arrived in the US on Monday. Pic: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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Deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau greets the Afrikaners. Pic: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. File pic: AP/Jerome Delay, File
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