U.S. President Donald Trump has fixed the refugee intake limit at 7,500 for the 2026 fiscal year, the lowest cap ever, according to a White House document released on Thursday, as part of his administration’s push to overhaul refugee policy in the United States and globally.

Trump said in an annual refugee determination dated September 30 that admissions would be focused largely on South Africans from the country’s white Afrikaner ethnic minority.

The Republican President has claimed Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country, allegations the South African government has denied.

Trump paused all U.S. refugee admissions when he took office in January, saying they could only be restarted if they were established to be in the best interests of the U.S

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