The South African government said on Friday that the US decision to accept Afrikaners as refugees is concerning and disregards South Africa’s constitutional processes.

The statement released by the Department of International Relations & Cooperation noted that the determination by the US president that there is a “white genocide” happening in South Africa is “factually inaccurate,” discredited by “reliable evidence.”

The government cited an open letter from “prominent members of the Afrikaner community” as evidence against the genocide claim. According to the letter, the US government’s narrative of Afrikaners being victims of racial persecution is misleading and distorts historical realities, particularly because it is fueled by the right-wing “Great Replacement” theory.

The letter

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