The first group of Afrikaner South African refugees landed in the United States today.
And just in time for the pro-refugee Episcopal Church to say it won’t help resettle them because they are white. The far-left Church World Service (CWS) will help resettle them, but the outfit isn’t too happy about it.
The arrival of the Afrikaners — descendants of South Africa’s 17th-century Dutch settlers — follows President Trump’s order in February that suspended aid to South Africa because of its legalized anti-white discrimination and farm attacks. The order included fast-tracking the arrival of the Afrikaners. The administration will also confer citizenship on them.
The question is whether Trump will offer refugee status to other Europeans, such as Englishmen being persecuted for social media posts.
February Order
Salvation for the white minority of South Africa began when Trump ordered the aid suspension in his “Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa.”
“In shocking disregard of its citizens’ rights, the Republic of South Africa … recently enacted Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 … to enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” Trump wrote:
This Act follows countless government policies designed to dismantle equal opportunity in employment, education, and business, and hateful rhetoric and government actions fueling disproportionate violence against racially disfavored landowners. In addition, South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and its allies, including accusing Israel, not Hamas, of genocide in the International Court of Justice, and reinvigorating its relations with Iran to develop commercial, military, and nuclear arrangements.
As well, Afrikaner farmers have been the target of attacks.
“Farmers are being killed,” Trump told reporters, The New York Times reported today. “They happen to be white. Whether they are white or Black makes no difference to me. White farmers are being brutally killed and the land is being confiscated in South Africa.”
Wikipedia reports that more than 4,000 farm attacks since 2010 have left 806 dead.
Attempting to upend “the narrative of mass murder,” the Times claimed that “from April 2020 to March 2024, 225 people were killed on farms in South Africa, according to the police. But most of the victims — 101 — were current or former workers living on farms, who are mostly black. Fifty-three of the victims were farmers, who are usually white.”
If farmers are “usually white,” then whites have suffered greatly given the number of farm attacks during the last 15 years.
Thus did Trump order his underlings to “prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination.”
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa published criteria today for South Africans who wish to enter the United States as refugees:
• Must be of Afrikaner ethnicity or be a member of a racial minority in South Africa; and,
• Must be able to articulate a past experience of persecution or fear of future persecution.
Trump said the Afrikaners will receive citizenship, the Times reported.
We Won’t Help
Helping the persecuted Afrikaners apparently violates a newly written commandment of the Episcopal Church. It won’t help resettle them.
Speaking for the church, Sean Rowe, head of the Episcopal Church and “presiding bishop” of its migration racket, complained that “virtually no new refugees” have landed in the United States since January, which resulted in layoffs of refugee workers nationwide.
“Then, just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of our federal grant, we are expected to resettle white Afrikaners from South Africa whom the U.S. government has classified as refugees,” he continued:
In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step. Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government. …
As Christians, we must be guided not by political vagaries, but by the sure and certain knowledge that the kingdom of God is revealed to us in the struggles of those on the margins. Jesus tells us to care for the poor and vulnerable as we would care for him, and we must follow that command. Right now, what that means is ending our participation in the federal government’s refugee resettlement program and investing our resources in serving migrants in other ways.
The Church World Service isn’t so picky. CWS CEO Rick Santos said:
Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services. Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.
Other Possible Refugee Groups
Trump’s move to protect the Afrikaners suggests that he might offer similar assistance to other Europeans under attack from their governments.
In April, Devon & Cornwall police in England arrested 30-year-old Alfie Pilkington. His crime? “Malicious communications posted online on Wednesday 23 April and Thursday 24 April.”
In January, viral video showed British cops collaring a man for a social media post that caused someone “anxiety.”
In March, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, slammed the European Union for its “content moderation rules” that threaten freedom of expression.
Also a problem for Europeans is the rise of radical Islam and insidious infiltration of European cities by Muslims. Should the problem of Islam in Europe worsen, particularly in England — where Muslim grooming gangs are responsible for the rape of some 250,000 British girls partly thanks to a Labour Party coverup — the United States might find itself providing refuge for Englishmen, Frenchmen, and other Europeans.
In Germany last year, a politician was punished for citing government data about the number of rapes by Afghan men.
