Aircraft with white South Africans are on their way to the United States

« It is very regrettable that it seems that the movement of South Africans to the United States is completely politically motivated, », says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria in a statement.

It was on Friday that American Public Service Company NPR revealed that a flight With white South Africans of Dutch origin – so -called Boer or Africans – will lift on Sunday to land in the United States on Monday. The trip takes place just a few months after US President Donald Trump has granted refugee status to the group which he believes is subject to persecution in South Africa.

In fact, white South Africans Even far more privileged as a group than the rest of the population in South Africa, even though it has been more than 30 years since the apartheid system was discontinued. Conservative white South Africans often hear arguments that they would be particularly vulnerable to crime, which lacks support in the statistics. In addition, white farmers claim that their land could be confiscated by the state without compensation, which can only be done in special exceptional cases. A change in law in January strengthened the constitutional protection of ownership, but Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood how the law was designed because it was shortly after it was clubbed as he began his tough attacks on South Africa.

Since then, the country has lost all American budget support and the South African ambassador to Washington has been declared Persona Non Grata – undesirable.

In connection with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeleskyj’s visit to Pretoria this week, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with his American colleague Donald Trump for the first time since the power shift in Washington. Then it looked like the relationship between South Africa and the United States was about to improve.

That the United States is now progressing with its plans indicates that the battle ax is not yet in the earth. South Africa’s government is now forced to continue its diplomatic balance sheet. The aggression against the United States is large and steadily growing in South Africa, but the country is at the same time dependent on the US market for its exports and Ramaphosa has made great efforts to cast oil on the waves in this sensitive position.

The statement from South Africa’s Foreign Ministry is questioned whether the persons qualify as refugees according to the UN conventions, but at the same time it is written that one cannot prevent anyone from traveling.

The South African Transport Ministry spokesperson Collen Msibi Confirming the TV channel enca that the permit has been granted for a flight chartered for the purpose. On the passenger list he has seen there are a total of 49 names.

– But I have to point out that there are conditions for this permit. Everyone who leaves must be checked so that there is no ongoing criminal investigation against the person, then you must not go, Msibi tells ENCA.