Calls for Australia to Follow US in Offering Refugee Pathway to White South Africans

Amid an increasingly volatile political backdrop, a simple question is asked - should Australia follow the U.S. in encouraging white South African migrants?

People hang out in the street in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 31, 2024. Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order formalising a freeze on aid to South Africa amid concerns for the safety of white land owners.

Along with the order came Trump’s announcement of pathways to resettle white South Africans and their families in the United States