DIRCO warns Afrikaners seeking refuge in US of challenges ahead

The first group of 49 Afrikaner 'refugees ' leaving South Africa for the US.

The first group of 49 Afrikaner 'refugees ' leaving South Africa for the US.

 

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PRETORIA - Government insists that there is no genocide against any group of people in South Africa.

It has made this clear in talks with the US administration, as a group of 49 Afrikaners arrive in Washington, DC, after applying for refugee status.

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International Relations Minister, Ronald Lamola, warns that they will struggle to have access to South Africa's diplomatic services, or even return to the country.

Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, says government won't force any citizen to stay in South Africa if they don't want to.

 

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