Trump administration says most refugees accepted in 2027 will be White South Africans

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The Trump administration has informed Congress it intends to accept 17,500 refugees, primarily White South Africans , in fiscal year 2027, according to a report submitted Tuesday and obtained by CNN.

President Donald Trump has previously said that nearly all refugees admitted to the United States would be White South Africans, radically reshaping a decades-long program that had largely serviced people fleeing war, persecution or other dangers.

Refugee advocates argue that the administration’s focus on one group has excluded vulnerable populations worldwide. South African authorities have strongly denied claims of White genocide.

In its report to Congress, the State Department said admissions will “primarily be Afrikaners from South Africa,” arguing that they face discrimination in their home country.

“The United States anticipates that Afrikaners from South Africa will fully assimilate into the United States in a manner that preserves taxpayer resources for U.S. citizens and does not anticipate other countries resettling Afrikaners,” the report states.

Resettlement under the proposed ceiling is expected to cost approximately $500 million, according to the report.

The administration increased the refugee cap earlier this year to 17,500, informing Congress of the change through an emergency determination.

CNN previously reported the refugee program, largely shuttered for the rest of the world, has sparked diplomatic spats, prompted a scramble to open a processing site in South Africa, generated highly unusual requests from applicants and produced high denial rates, due in part to criminal records among some applicants, according to more than a dozen people familiar with the program.

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据 CNN 周二获得的一份报告显示，特朗普政府已告知国会，计划在 2027 财年接收 17500 名难民，其中主要是南非白人。

唐纳德·特朗普总统此前曾表示，几乎所有被美国接纳的难民都将是南非白人，这彻底改变了一项持续数十年的计划，该计划主要服务于逃离战争、迫害或其他危险的人们。

难民权益倡导者认为，政府只关注某一特定群体，而忽略了世界各地其他弱势群体。南非当局强烈否认了有关白人种族灭绝的指控。

美国国务院在提交给国会的报告中表示，录取的学生“主要为来自南非的阿非利卡人”，理由是他们在自己的祖国面临歧视。

报告指出：“美国预计来自南非的阿非利卡人将完全融入美国社会，从而为美国公民节省纳税人的资源，并且不指望其他国家重新安置阿非利卡人。”

报告称，按照拟议的上限进行安置预计耗资约 5 亿美元。

今年早些时候，政府将难民接收上限提高到 17,500 人，并通过紧急决定将这一变化告知了国会。

CNN 此前报道称，该难民项目对世界其他地区基本关闭，引发了外交争端，促使各方争相在南非开设处理点，导致申请人提出非常不寻常的要求，并造成了很高的拒签率，部分原因是由于一些申请人有犯罪记录，据十几位熟悉该项目的人士透露。