Perverting the past in the present

18 May 2025 - 00:00
By Christopher Gevers and Tendayi Achiume

The decision by the United States to classify white South Africans as “refugees” fleeing “unjust racial discrimination” is absurd, illegal and dangerous. The claim that white South Africans face racial persecution is a perversion of the past and the present, as well of “refugee” status under the 1951 Refugee Convention and international law.

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