The second group of Afrikaner ‘refugees’ have quietly made their way to the United States this week.
READ: SA government slams Trump’s ‘misinformed’ refugee status for white afrikaners
Katia Beeden, a member of the organisation Amerikaners, confirmed this on social media on Friday, 30 May.
The size of the second group is only nine people, according to U.S reports, and the landed in Atlanta.
BREAKING: The second group of South African refugees have arrived in the US – safely out of the spotlight of a media storm. Moving forward, keep your plans and movements to yourself. God bless the Trump administration!
— Katia Beeden | Self-love Coach (@katiabeeden) May 30, 2025
It all stems from U.S President Donald Trump’s executive order signed in February, granting refugee status to Afrikaners, citing false genocide and land grab claims.
READ: Trump’s misleading ‘white genocide’ claims debunked
According to Amerikaners, ‘new people’ who are desperate to leave SA have also been invited for interviews by the U.S Administration.
Beeden says the program to resettle Afrikaners will also soon expand.
Keep the faith! Those of you anxiously messaging me for updates on the refugee resettlement program: You can exhale. Rest assured, things are moving steadily forward in the background. The scope of the program is being extended. Things just take time.
— Katia Beeden | Self-love Coach (@katiabeeden) May 31, 2025
Among those who left in the first group of Afrikaners is 46-year-old Charl Kleinhaus and his children, who left a 5-bedroom family farmhouse in Mpumalanga for the U.S.
He told the BBC that he also left his dogs and his mother for a safer life in the U.S.
Another refugee, 48-year-old Errol Langton from Kwazulu Natal, told the New York Times he wants to keep farming in the U.S.
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A US-based publication has reported that the Trump administration hopes to begin taking in thousands of Afrikaner refugees by the end of the American summer.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Hopes To Bring ‘Thousands’ Of Refugees From South Africa By Late Summer https://t.co/OxAywp2X7q via @dailycaller
— Katia Beeden | Self-love Coach (@katiabeeden) June 1, 2025
