{"id":5327,"date":"2026-05-30T11:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/white-asylum-americas-south-african-refugees-bbc-africa-eye-documentary\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:17:54","slug":"white-asylum-americas-south-african-refugees-bbc-africa-eye-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/white-asylum-americas-south-african-refugees-bbc-africa-eye-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"White Asylum: America&#8217;s South African\u00a0Refugees\u00a0&#8211; BBC Africa Eye Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xVrUb7xwRcA?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In February 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order offering prioritised refugee status to Afrikaner\u00a0farmers hoping to escape what he described as a \u201cgenocide\u201d in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribetoafrica<\/p>\n<p>With America\u2019s 2026 refugee intake capped at just 7,500 people, President\u00a0Trump\u2019s move to prioritise resettlement of white South African farmers reignited global controversy when he referenced widely disputed claims of forced appropriation of land and a \u201cgenocide\u201d against white farmers &#8211; claims amplified online by South Africa\u2019s richest man,\u00a0Elon Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#BBCAfricaEye reporter Claire Mawisa travels to South Africa\u2019s Free State to uncover\u00a0the truth behind these claims. She meets farmers fearing for their lives after brutal attacks, and others who insist the \u201cwhite genocide\u201d narrative distorts a far more complex story of crime, inequality, and fear that spreads across races and classes.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions rise between Washington and Pretoria, this film investigates how fear, crime and online narratives have collided to create one of the most politically charged asylum routes in the world &#8211; and what it means for those determined to go, and those who remain.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 White Asylum: America&#8217;s South African Refugees<br \/>\n02:30 Trump on\u00a0white farmer persecution &#8211; reality or myth?<br \/>\n04:56 White families begin applying for refugee status<br \/>\n09:32 Boer Lives Matter: Brendin Horner<br \/>\n10:29 Farms and fears: A legacy<br \/>\n17:39 Night patrol on a farm<br \/>\n20:09 &#8216;What happened in Rwanda is genocide&#8217;<br \/>\n22:35 Are white farmers more at risk?<br \/>\n26:10 Policing the farms: &#8216;If we don&#8217;t do it, we&#8217;ll have nothing left.&#8217;<br \/>\n37:00 The United States\u00a0Refugee Admissions Program\u00a0(USRAP)\u00a0<br \/>\n37:55 Post-apartheid South Africa<br \/>\n39:35 Orania: A peaceful Afrikaner way of life?<br \/>\n44:22 Divisions created by apartheid<br \/>\n46:38 Generational differences<br \/>\n49:39 A South African story of persecution?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f You may also be interested in watching these documentaries:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_51623\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vQvFRDCa2g?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribetoafrica With America\u2019s 2026 refugee intake capped at just 7,500 people, President\u00a0Trump\u2019s move to prioritise resettlement of white [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3934168192,"featured_media":5328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[434,1318,10427,10421,10424,10422,10423,15,1317,1319,169,10426,10429,10420,10418,10417,10414,10415,10413,1324,10425,10428,10410,10430,10411,10412,10419,10416],"class_list":["post-5327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-afrikaans","tag-afrikaner-refugee-update","tag-afrikaner-refugees-in-america","tag-afrikaner-refugees-in-usa","tag-afrikaner-refugees-us","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-africa","tag-bbc-africa-news","tag-bbc-news","tag-boer","tag-boer-farmers","tag-ice-us-citizen","tag-orania-documentary","tag-orania-south-africa","tag-ramaphosa","tag-ramaphosa-and-trump-meeting","tag-ramaphosa-trump","tag-south-africa","tag-south-africa-unemployment","tag-trump-bbc","tag-trump-latest-news","tag-trump-refugees","tag-trump-south-africa","tag-trump-south-africa-refugee","tag-us-refugees","tag-white-farmers","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3934168192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5329,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327\/revisions\/5329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}