The President of South Africa to visit the White House amid controversy for the resettlement of the African refugees

His office in South Africa said the White House of South Africa next week, his office said on Thursday, days after its arrival in the United States The first group of South Africa whitesAfter giving her a refugee status under a new Trump administration policy.

The Ramavusa office said that the visit will provide a “platform to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries.” The statement said that Rambahusa, the current president of the Group of Twenty, will meet President Trump on Wednesday, May 21.

The White House has not yet commented on the meeting.

The visit comes amid renewable tensions between Ramavusa and the White House as 59 people from the African community in South Africa He arrived in the United States Earlier this week. Upon arrival at Washington, Deputy Foreign Minister Christopher Lando said they faced “terrible discrimination” in South Africa.

Foreign Ministry spokesman, Tami Bruce, described “a weak group facing unfair ethnic discrimination in South Africa.”

Ramavusa refused to describe the Trump administration of treatment as “incorrect”, according to BBC News.

On Tuesday, Ramavusa called those who leave the “coward” United States, saying, “When you run away, you are a coward.”

Who are the Africans?

The Africans are from South Africa whites of Dutch origin who lived in South Africa for four centuries. In addition to the English language, Africans enjoy their own language, Africans, whose roots are in the Dutch language and is one of the 12 official languages ​​in South Africa.

In 1948, since South Africa was in the process of obtaining independence from Britain, the white minority created the apartheid system, allowing only South Africa whites to vote and rule. In addition to the crafts of political power, South Africa also faced harsh restrictions on the ownership of lands and many of them were forcibly separated into settlements.

This ended in 1994, when all South Africa was allowed to vote for the first time, which led to the end of the white rule. The African National Congress in Nelson Mandela won a majority, and became the first black president in the country. The African National Congress Party has been in power since 1994, but the scandals have harmed the party in recent years and did not win a majority in the 2024 elections, forcing Ramavusa to form an alliance government.

Thirty years after the end of the apartheid, South Africa is still on average, they have a higher standard of living than South Africa, with research from The Human Rights Committee in South Africa Only 1 % of South Africa is poor, compared to 64 % of the black African population.

Why is Afrikanels demand a refugee situation?

In February, Ramavusa signed a new law that allowed the state to seize the ground without compensation, in the positions classified under the legislation as “fair and fair and in the public interest.”

Although the drafting of the law was mysterious and did not refer to white South Africa, many of them believed that they were targeting them because they controlled most of the country’s lands. The South African government strongly denied any ground sources or racial discrimination, saying that the law targets lands that are not used or not serve the public interest.

Some have also indicated attacks on South African farmers in recent years. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who met the first group of Africans in the country, claimed that they faced “terrible and targeted threats.” However, the South African government said that these attacks were the result of border crime cases and were not racist.

Mr. Trump and Chancellor Elon Musk, a white South Africa citizen who claimed attacks and the loss of potential lands to “white collective genocide”.

In February, Mr. Trump signed an executive order To determine the priority for the resettlement of African people as part of the refugee resettlement program. Access to this program for many other groups was frozen by Mr. Trump on his first day in office, although this executive matter allowed exemptions on the basis of each case separately.

While the Africans make up only about half of the white South Africa, the executive order of Mr. Trump gives only the position of refugees to mention the Africans.

According to the American embassy in South Africa, individuals who meet the following requirements can apply for refugee residencies:

• You should be from South Africa sexual; and
• You should be of African origin or be a member of an ethnic minority in South Africa; and
• You should be able to express a previous experience of persecution or fear of persecution in the future.

Camello Monteoyo Galvies and

Atmosphere

He contributed to this report.