Farmer and guesthouse owner, Thea van Straten shared her reasons for leaving SA for refugee status in the US with Colonel Chris Wyatt. Afrikaner refugees who boarded a plane for the United States say they left South Africa for safety reasons. The flight was fully funded by the US government.

The local branch of U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants will help nine Afrikaners from two families resettle in Twin Falls. They are expecting their arrival in the coming days.

In a statement provided to OSV News, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington said that it was "providing limited and temporary assistance to South Africans traveling through Dulles International Airport this week to final destinations elsewhere.

Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, Mayibuye Mandela, has called on the Department of Home Affairs to strip 49 Afrikaners of their South African citizenship after they sought refugee status in the United States (US).

Nearly 50 White South Africans were granted refugee status despite other refugee resettlement programs being suspended.