One of the first things Donald Trump did on retaking office was to halt America’s programme to settle refugees. That is bad news for Africans who might want to flee war or oppression. But the White House is making an exception for a group of white Africans: the roughly 2.5m South Africans of mostly Dutch, French and German descent known as Afrikaners. On February 7th Mr Trump issued an executive order that stopped aid to South Africa, citing the country’s “aggressive” posture towards America, and pledged to admit “Afrikaner refugees” fleeing ostensible persecution by their government.
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