A bittersweet year for Afrikaners, the only refugees admitted by Trump
24 May 2026 at 04:00
Charl Kleinhaus’s life took a dramatic turn on May 12, 2025, when his plane landed at Dulles International Airport, in a suburb of Washington, D.C. He arrived with his two children and grandson. Waving an American flag and brimming with excitement, he had finally achieved his long-held dream: leaving South Africa.

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