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Afrikaners being welcomed by US officials
The White House has criticised a decision by the US Episcopal Church not to help resettle Afrikaners in the United States, while deciding to conclude its refugee resettlement agreement with the US government.
In a letter to congregants, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe wrote that it had been painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over many others who had been waiting in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years.
In a statement, The White House’s Anny Kelly said that any religious group should support the plight of Afrikaners, who had been terrorized, brutalized, and persecuted by the South African government.
It’s entirely unclear what specific government actions she is referring to. She said Afrikaners had faced unspeakable horrors and were no less deserving of refugee resettlement than the hundreds of thousands of others who were allowed into the United States during the past administration.
Kelly said President Trump had made it clear, refugee resettlement should be about need, not politics.
Yet, the entire refugee programme has been suspended for months, blocking the entry of desperate refugees fleeing atrocities and wars including in Sudan, Myanmar and Afghanistan.
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