US Raises Refugee Cap to Admit 10,000 More South Africans

African outlets present Trump’s 10,000-place increase as a racially selective change that favours white South Africans over other African and global refugee groups. They argue that the decision is driven more by US domestic politics and sympathy for Afrikaners than by any objective measure of risk. Commentators expect renewed debate inside South Africa over race, emigration, and how the country is portrayed abroad.

• •African commentators describe the new US quota as tailored to white South Africans rather than to refugees from wars or mass atrocities elsewhere.
• •South African opinion writers argue that Trump’s decision treats white Afrikaners as uniquely vulnerable compared with Black South Africans facing crime and poverty.
• •African newspapers warn that the targeted quota may drain skilled professionals and farmers from South Africa.
• •Some South African voices accuse the US government of using refugee policy to reward a politically sympathetic white minority.
• •African columnists predict that the quota will fuel domestic arguments over whether South Africa is being misrepresented as unsafe for whites.