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Trump speaks of “genocide” of white farmers in South Africa
The US authorities is aware of little for refugees-with a hanging exception: white South Africans. The first group now got here to the USA by constitution. Trump delivers a controversial cause.
The first group of white South Africans, to whom the US authorities has granted refugee standing, has arrived within the American capital Washington. From there they journey to completely different states, the place they’ll settle, a number of US media reported-including the “New York Times” and the “Washington Post”.
The roughly 50 males, ladies and kids had been flown from the airport in Johannesburg in South Africa on Sunday night. The authorities of US President Donald Trump guarantees you fast naturalization. Shortly earlier than her arrival, Trump spoke of a “genocide” of white farmers in South Africa. He accused the media of hiding violence.
Right conspiracy idea
Experts contradict Trump’s presentation, with which he takes over a conspiracy idea distributed in proper -wing extremist circles from the alleged “white genocide”. There are violent crime in South Africa that additionally impacts farmers – however throughout all inhabitants teams. According to the South African media scientist Nicky Falkof, the parable particularly takes up deep fears of many white folks – for instance, to be deprived or displaced – and on the similar time represents them illegally as notably threatened victims.
Trump expressly made the pores and skin coloration of the farmers on the topic, however on the similar time defined: “I don’t care whether they are white or black.”
Contrast to restrictive US refugee coverage
Washington introduced in February to grant white South Africans with regards to racist discrimination and violence. The step is in distinction to Trump’s restrictive refugee coverage in the direction of folks from different areas of the world.
Trump accuses the South African authorities of discrimination towards white minorities, particularly the African. These had been in energy throughout South Africa’s racist apartheid period (1948-1994), throughout which the black majority of the nation was systematically discriminated towards. Trump expressed particular criticism of a brand new legislation on the expropriation of land, which is alleged to be geared toward white farmers in South Africa.
Law ought to compensate for historic injustice
The legislation permits land to exprude the nation within the public curiosity with a purpose to compensate for injustice that arose throughout apartheid. At that point, land was systematically distributed by ethnic perspective, particularly to white South Africans. The legislation supplies for compensation funds for landowners. As a end result, expropriations might solely happen if earlier employment negotiations have been unsuccessful. So far, the legislation has not but been utilized.
Washington had already frozen support for South Africa because of the legislation in early February. South Africa then accused the USA “a campaign of disinformation and propaganda”.
dpa
https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/migration–trump-spricht-von–genozid–an-weissen-bauern-in-suedafrika-35717186.html