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US To Accept Only 7,500 Refugees Annually, Mostly From South Africa
The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and give priority to white South Africans.
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Donald Trump's Refugee Overhaul To Favour Whites: Report
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a major overhaul of the country's refugee system, and it may forever change the way people seek and are given refuge on American soil.
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Trump Seeks Death Penalty For 'Animal' Who Killed Ukrainian Refugee
President Donald Trump demanded the death penalty Wednesday for a man charged with murdering a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train -- a crime the US right has turned into a political rallying point.
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More US Citizens Applying For Refugee Status In Canada, Shows Data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.
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'Harvard Refugee': Chinese Students Weigh Options Amid Trump's Crackdown
Chinese students at Harvard were cancelling flights home on Friday and seeking legal advice on staying in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration blocked the famed university from enrolling foreign students.
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Explained: Elon Musk, Donald Trump And Claims Of White Genocide In South Africa
US President Donald Trump granted refugee status to nearly 60 white Afrikaners from South Africa, citing unverified claims of a "white genocide." The US processed their asylum requests directly in South Africa and flew them out of Johannesburg on a s
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'Ridiculous': Trump's Proposal To Accept White Afrikaners As Refugees Mocked
Trump's executive order pulls the plug on all US funding to South Africa, including a major contribution to the country's HIV programme.
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If Elected, Will Bar Gaza Refugees, Expand Muslim Travel Ban In US: Trump
Donald Trump promised on Monday that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who support Hamas from entering the US and send officers to pro-Hamas protests to arrest and deport immigrants who publicly support the Palestinian militant group.
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Donald Trump Slashes US Refugee Admissions To Record Low
US President Donald Trump has slashed US admissions of refugees to a record low of no more than 15,000 as he fiercely denounced migrants from Somalia and other war-torn nations on the campaign trail.
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Texas Becomes First US State To Refuse Refugees Under Trump Order
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on Friday became the first governor in the country to refuse to accept refugees after President Donald Trump signed an executive order empowering local jurisdictions to consent to the federal programme.
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Can't Pay For Healthcare? Don't Enter US: Trump Approves New Plan
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States or do not have the means to pay for their healthcare costs themselves. The proclamation, issued by the White House, said it would not affect any individual's eligibility for a...
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White House Official Who Favored More Refugee Admissions Is Out: Sources
A White House official who supported higher numbers of refugee admissions to the United States and clashed with immigration hard-liners in the Trump administration left her position on Thursday, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the departure said.
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PM Modi, Donald Trump Over Phone Discuss Maldives, Rohingya, North Korea: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone on Thursday, discussing topics including the political crisis in the Maldives, the war in Afghanistan and the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the White House said.
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Federal Judge Partially Blocks Donald Trump's Latest Refugee Restrictions
A federal judge in Seattle partially blocked US President Donald Trump's newest restrictions on refugee admissions on Saturday, the latest legal defeat for his administration's efforts to curtail immigration and travel to the United States.
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US Pulls Out Of United Nations' Global Compact On Migration
The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it "inconsistent" with its policies, the US mission to the global body announced Saturday.
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US To Accept Only 7,500 Refugees Annually, Mostly From South Africa
The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to drastically cut back the number of refugees to be accepted annually by the United States to a record low and give priority to white South Africans.
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Donald Trump's Refugee Overhaul To Favour Whites: Report
US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a major overhaul of the country's refugee system, and it may forever change the way people seek and are given refuge on American soil.
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Trump Seeks Death Penalty For 'Animal' Who Killed Ukrainian Refugee
President Donald Trump demanded the death penalty Wednesday for a man charged with murdering a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train -- a crime the US right has turned into a political rallying point.
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More US Citizens Applying For Refugee Status In Canada, Shows Data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.
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'Harvard Refugee': Chinese Students Weigh Options Amid Trump's Crackdown
Chinese students at Harvard were cancelling flights home on Friday and seeking legal advice on staying in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration blocked the famed university from enrolling foreign students.
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Explained: Elon Musk, Donald Trump And Claims Of White Genocide In South Africa
US President Donald Trump granted refugee status to nearly 60 white Afrikaners from South Africa, citing unverified claims of a "white genocide." The US processed their asylum requests directly in South Africa and flew them out of Johannesburg on a s
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'Ridiculous': Trump's Proposal To Accept White Afrikaners As Refugees Mocked
Trump's executive order pulls the plug on all US funding to South Africa, including a major contribution to the country's HIV programme.
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If Elected, Will Bar Gaza Refugees, Expand Muslim Travel Ban In US: Trump
Donald Trump promised on Monday that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who support Hamas from entering the US and send officers to pro-Hamas protests to arrest and deport immigrants who publicly support the Palestinian militant group.
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Donald Trump Slashes US Refugee Admissions To Record Low
US President Donald Trump has slashed US admissions of refugees to a record low of no more than 15,000 as he fiercely denounced migrants from Somalia and other war-torn nations on the campaign trail.
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Texas Becomes First US State To Refuse Refugees Under Trump Order
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on Friday became the first governor in the country to refuse to accept refugees after President Donald Trump signed an executive order empowering local jurisdictions to consent to the federal programme.
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Can't Pay For Healthcare? Don't Enter US: Trump Approves New Plan
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States or do not have the means to pay for their healthcare costs themselves. The proclamation, issued by the White House, said it would not affect any individual's eligibility for a...
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White House Official Who Favored More Refugee Admissions Is Out: Sources
A White House official who supported higher numbers of refugee admissions to the United States and clashed with immigration hard-liners in the Trump administration left her position on Thursday, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the departure said.
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PM Modi, Donald Trump Over Phone Discuss Maldives, Rohingya, North Korea: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone on Thursday, discussing topics including the political crisis in the Maldives, the war in Afghanistan and the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the White House said.
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Federal Judge Partially Blocks Donald Trump's Latest Refugee Restrictions
A federal judge in Seattle partially blocked US President Donald Trump's newest restrictions on refugee admissions on Saturday, the latest legal defeat for his administration's efforts to curtail immigration and travel to the United States.
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US Pulls Out Of United Nations' Global Compact On Migration
The administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it "inconsistent" with its policies, the US mission to the global body announced Saturday.
