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Government says resettlement of South Africans to US is entirely politically motivated [SOUND]

# The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation says the resettlement of South Africans to the United States under the guise of being refugees is entirely politically motivated. The United States has commenced with processing alleged refugees from South Africa and will begin resettling these citizens in the United States. The ministry’s spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri says it is not clear how the principle of non-refoulement will be applied in relation to these citizens once they are resettled:

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