# President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed claims that the 49 white South Africans who recently relocated to the United States qualify as refugees. Speaking at the Africa CEO Forum 2025 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Ramaphosa said that these individuals are not being persecuted and therefore do not meet the criteria for refugee status. He criticised certain civil groups accusing them of spreading misinformation and undermining national unity:
Ramaphosa emphasises Afrikaners in US don’t qualify as refugees [SOUND]
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