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US is planning to welcome another 17,500 refugees, primarily Afrikaners from South Africa

# US president Donald Trump’s administration plans to accept another 17-thousand-500 refugees, primarily White Afrikaner South Africans, over the next 12 months. Trump has repeatedly claimed ​Afrikaners face persecution based on their race, allegations the South African government has strongly denied. This resettlement effort is projected to cost the US government approximately 8.11-billion-rand. The State Department has told Congress that it anticipates that Afrikaners from South Africa will fully integrate into the US in a manner that preserves taxpayer resources for American citizens.