Afrikaners granted refugee status arrive in US

The first wave of an estimated 500 white South Africans touched down in Dulles Airport this week on a US-government chartered airplane. The Trump administration says it has fast-tracked the group for resettlement because the Afrikaners face racial persecution. Nicky Falkof of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg speaks with host Marco Werman about the status of Afrikaners in South Africa today.

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