Second group of white Afrikaners arrive in the United States

About 8000 resettlement applications being processed after claims of persecution

- GCWALISILE KHANYILE

A SMALL batch of Afrikaners quietly arrived in the US on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's offer to resettle them amidst false claims of white genocide and persecution in South Africa.

There are 8 000 applications for resettlement which will be processed within the next few months, according to Jaco Kleynhans, head of Public Relations for trade union Solidarity.

Last month the first group of more than 49 white South African Afrikaners landed in the United States after a private plane was chartered for them.

This after Trump in February issued an executive order where Washington cited the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 as one that enables the persecution of Afrikaners.

Kleynhans said the second group departed on a commercial flight on Thursday and landed in Atlanta in the US on Friday.

"It is a smaller group, including children. Several more groups will fly to the USA over the next few weeks. The US Embassy in Pretoria, in collaboration with the State Department in Washington, DC, is currently processing 8 000 applications, and we expect many more Afrikaner refugees to travel to the USA over the next few months.