South African authorities raided a refugee application center in Johannesburg linked to a U.S. program and arrested seven Kenyan nationals for working illegally on tourist visas. The center was processing U.S. refugee applications for white South Africans under a program introduced by the Trump administration, which has criticized South Africa over claims of persecution of white Afrikaners. No U.S. officials were arrested, but the incident has raised diplomatic concerns, leading South Africa to begin talks with the United States and Kenya, while the arrested workers were ordered to leave the country and banned from returning for five years.
South Africa Raids US Refugee Centre
