White people from Norway are welcome as well, but the Trump Administration is yet to find the first volunteer.
Many White South Africans and Afrikaners in South Africa dispute the charge of racial persecution. Do Afrikaners want to take Trump up on his South African refugee offer? https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/afrikaners-want-trump-south-african-014308017.html "Promoting South Africa is something I am passionate about - I have no intention of taking up [US President Donald Trump's] offer because South Africa is my home," the proud Afrikaner tells the BBC, days after a small group of his fellow white compatriots left South Africa for their new life as refugees in the US.. .."They've enjoyed more than their share of South Africa's resources and privileges, and none are fleeing racial persecution," he (Ulrich Janse van Vuuren) said. .. Dr Piet Croucamp, an associate professor in political studies at South Africa's North West University, disagreed, echoing the view that those taking up this offer were not refugees as "South Africa does not persecute people". Rather, he speculated that it may be those who have been victims of a crime and "could define their existence as an unsecure one". Dr Croucamp, who is an Afrikaner, said that while he did not expect a significant number of white South Africans to follow suit, there would always be "opportunistic" people taking advantage of the situation. South Africans dispute claims of genocide against white farmers in their country https://www.nbcnews.com/world/afric...ugee-claims-white-farmers-genocide-rcna206327 225 people were killed on South African farms over a four-year period ending in 2024. Of those deaths, 101 were Black current or former workers living on farms, and 53 were farmers, who are usually white. Nico Harris, a farmer of Afrikaans heritage, told Daily Maverick South African newspaper that the problems he sees can be overcome and stem from the government not being “pro-farmer.” “I think the refugees that have gone [to the U.S.] are not well-established family farming businesses like we are,” Harris told the paper. “I think they don’t have an opportunity in the country and they might think that, ‘This is an opportunity for us.’ I don’t think they’re really fleeing because they are scared or worried, I think they see it as an opportunity.” Harris added, “I think there are racially discriminating laws against white farmers, and I think they have problems and haven’t got sympathy from the government. But there are no real land grabs, and I don’t think there are real threats. Theo Boshoff, (white Afrikaaner) CEO of AgBiz, which represents companies across the agricultural value chain, including South African and multinational companies, said crime in rural farming areas is high but “not targeted against any racial or ethnic group.” “There is no genocide in South Africa,” Boshoff added. “People who live in rural areas, who are often farmers, are simply more vulnerable to crime and violent crime because they live in remote areas.” And because they are remote, law enforcement often is not nearby to protect them. “There is no cultural or racial bias at play. White farmers, Black farmers, white farmworkers, Black farmworkers are all equally at risk and united in combatting this challenge,” he said. “I also don’t agree with insinuations that rural crime is motivated by politics or in any way related to South Africa’s affirmative action efforts to remedy our checkered past.”
This is one of the Afrikaners who was recently received by the U.S. (It's also the person who made the news for posting anti-Semitic messages.) It's just one person's expericne. Still, I don't think fearing a possible land claim by the government and getting anonymous threats on a messaging app about it is enough of a reason to be granted refugee status. And equating it to "genocide" is just offensive. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98p3eple9eo In January, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law allowing the government to seize privately owned land without compensation - in certain circumstances, when it is deemed "equitable and in the public interest". The South African government says no land has yet been seized. But Mr Kleinhaus says once there is a government claim on your land - as he says is the case with his - it becomes impossible to function. "Your land becomes worthless - the land expropriation has gone too far," he says. "People are scared of that. Other Afrikaners who criticise us live in a bubble." Some fellow Afrikaners have described Mr Kleinhaus and the group as opportunists, and that being a victim of crime is not equivalent to the type of persecution that deserves refugee status. Mr Kleinhaus acknowledges that the murder rate of farmers is low in South Africa, but says he does not want to be a victim. "There are people in my area who were shot and killed," he says. He says he received threats from members of the local community: "I'd regularly get messages on WhatsApp saying, 'we'll get rid of you, you're on my land'." Mr Kleinhaus says he received one message before he left for the US which read: "We are coming for you, you better be awake." He also says his farming machinery was damaged, and that local police failed to act on his reports.
