The U.S. government set the refugee admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 at 7,500 and allocated a majority of those spots for Afrikaners from South Africa who were described by the administration as fleeing government-sponsored race-based discrimination.
January 01, 2026
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policy
U.S. refugee admissions ceiling and allocation for fiscal year 2026 as stated by the administration.
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended mainly from Dutch colonial settlers and also from French and German colonial settlers who first arrived in the 17th century.
November 10, 2025
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temporal
Definition and ancestral origins of the Afrikaner population in South Africa.
Afrikaners were central to the apartheid system of white minority rule in South Africa from 1948 to 1994, a period that produced decades of hostility between Afrikaners and South Africa's Black majority.
November 10, 2025
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temporal
Role of Afrikaners in South Africa's apartheid-era governance and its social consequences.
As of 2025, Afrikaners are estimated at about 2.7 million people within South Africa's total population of roughly 62 million.
November 10, 2025
high
temporal
Estimated size of the Afrikaner population relative to the national population.
Afrikaners are an ethnic group in South Africa descended primarily from Dutch settlers and also from French and German immigrants.
high
definitional
Definition of the Afrikaner ethnic group and ancestry.
Afrikaners are an ethnic group descended from Dutch settlers and also from French and German immigrants in South Africa.
high
definition
Defines the term 'Afrikaners' as used in discussions of South African demographics.