US to accept only 7,500 refugees a year, with majority being white South Africans

Trump administration announced the programme for the Afrikaners, saying that white South African farmers face discrimination and violence at home. (Photo: Reuters)

The Trump administration has announced sweeping changes to the US refugee policy by restricting the number of intakes annually and who would be eligible. According to a notice published on the Federal Registry on Thursday, the US will be restricting the number of refugees into the country to 7,500, and they will mostly be white South Africans.

US to restrict refugee intake

This is a dramatic drop after the United States previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution from around the world.

According to The Associated Press , no reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decre