More than 100,000 refugees were accepted by the Joe Biden administration per year.
The United States on Thursday announced it was limiting the number of refugees it will accept annually to a record low of 7,500, with white South Africans being given priority.
The 7,500 refugees being accepted in the financial year 2025-’26 will be against the more than 100,000 persons accepted per year under President Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden. The financial year in the US is from October to September.
The refugee admissions will primarily be allocated to white South Africans, or Afrikaners, and “other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands”, according to a White House memo.
Trump, after assuming office for his second term in January, has effectively paused refugee admissions and tightened immigration regulations.
