Trump sets refugee ceiling at record-low 7,500

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Trump sets lowest refugee cap in U.S. history at 7,500, mostly for Afrikaners
The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history, allocating just 7,500 spots for this fiscal year, mostly for Afrikaners who it has claimed are facing racial discrimination in South Africa for being White.

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Trump sets refugee ceiling at record-low 7,500 with focus on white South Africans
The Trump Administration Is Slashing the Number of Refugees Allowed Into the U.S.—and Giving White South Africans Priority
Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they’re mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the U.S. previously allowed in hu...

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Trump sets record-low refugee cap; most slots for White S. Africans
US to cut refugee admissions to 7,500 from 125,000
Trump limits refugee admissions to 7,500 per year and gives priority to white South Africans
"By privileging Afrikaners while continuing to ban thousands of refugees who have already been vetted and approved, the administration is once again politicising a humanitarian programme," Sharif Aly...

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Trump caps refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans
Trump Sets Annual Limit For Refugees To 7,500 — And They'll Mostly Be From This 1 Country

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