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Trump news at a glance: Markets rally on China trade war pause, first Afrikaner ‘refugees’ arrive

Wall Street jumps as president hails ‘total reset’ with Beijing, while administration stirs controversy with refugee status for white South Africans. Key US politics stories from Monday 12 May 2025 at a glance

The Guardian - US

Kristi Noem says Afghans can return safely under Taliban rule. Experts say that’s ‘patently obscene’

The administration is ending temporary legal status for thousands of Afghans, which advocates fear is a ‘death sentence’

The Independent UK

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees to the US

Move comes as administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence, poverty.

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First white South Africans arrive in US after Trump grants them refugee status

Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, minority descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’

The Guardian - US

Trump Official Says One Criteria To Take In White South Africans As Refugees is 'Making Sure They Can Be Assimilated Easily'

Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau said one criteria to allow white South Africans as refugees in the U.S. is "making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country"

Latin Times

‘Race-baiting’ accusations erupt as Trump fast-tracks white Afrikaner refugees

A wait that can take years was shortened, likely due to race.

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Trump puts white South Africans on citizenship fast track while rejecting all other refugees: ‘As subtle as an air raid’

President claims Afrikaners are victims of ‘genocide’ while denying entry to refugees fleeing famine and war

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Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding commitment to racial justice and reconciliation

The Independent UK

Trump Defends Receiving White South Africans As Refugees: 'It's a Genocide That's Taking Place'

Donald Trump stood by the decision to receive white South Africans as refugees while ending such programs elsewhere, saying they are being subjected to genocide

Latin Times

Dozens of white South Africans granted refugee status under Trump's new rule

Refugee groups have criticised the Trump administration for prioritising Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority, over people in greater need.

Euronews

First white South Africans leave for US as Trump refugees

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The Independent UK

First group of white South Africans leave for US after Trump offers refugee status

The South African government said it is ‘completely false’ that Afrikaners are being persecuted

The Independent UK

‘I can no longer see a future in the UK’: new citizenship guidance shuts out refugees

Ayman Alhussein made a life in Britain after fleeing Assad but new rules mean he can never become a citizen

The Guardian - UK

The cycling group setting wheels in motion for women in Scotland

On a sunny afternoon in Glasgow’s southside, Eilidh Graham is greeting women. Eilidh holds sessions for all women looking to get into cycling, but…

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The Independent UK

Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees. Why?

South Africa says there's no persecution

Radio France Internationale

South Africa criticises US plan to resettle white Afrikaners as refugees

South Africa has criticised the United States following reports that Washington could received the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle as refugees as early as next week.

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White South Africans Set To Arrive In US Under Trump’s Refugee Program

Donald Trump is set to send white South Africans to the US under his refugee program, despite blocking refugees from the rest of the world.

The Conversation

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien: a sobering meditation on the human condition

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien intricately blends historical and speculative fiction to tackle contemporary global issues. It explores migration, the refugee crisis, identity politics and cultural conflict.

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The Independent UK

First white South Africans to arrive in America despite Trump’s refugee freeze

The assertion that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has been echoed by Trump's white South African-born ally Elon Musk

The Guardian - UK

US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say

Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination

The Guardian - UK

Labour is about to get even tougher on asylum seekers. It still won’t work

Kneejerk policy changes won’t win over Reform voters, or stop boats crossing the Channel. Here’s what the government should do instead, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

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Government’s Crackdown on Small Boat Refugees Blown Apart by Surprise Legal Challenge

A controversial new rule that makes it nearly impossible for refugees who arrived in the UK by small boat or other “irregular” means to ever.

International Business Times

Israel Forces Close UN Schools In Annexed East Jerusalem

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that Israel closed three of its schools in annexed east Jerusalem, months after an Israeli ban on its activities took effect.

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda

UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Israel police fire tear gas into Palestinian schoolyard in Jerusalem

Israel has ordered six schools in East Jerusalem to close this week, throwing the educational future of 800 children of Palestinian refugees into turmoil.

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