Watch: Why US is granting white South Africans refugee status
A US-funded flight carrying the first group of 59 white South Africans to be granted refugee status has landed in Washington, after leaving Johannesburg on Sunday.
The BBC contacted the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, which confirmed it was not involved in this resettlement scheme, nor was it asked to take part in any of the screening.
Given the Trump administration's hardline position on refugees, it is notable the process did not involve the UNHCR - showing how much the white Afrikaners have been fast-tracked and in a way that has not been done for others.
The BBC's Nomia Iqbal looks at why the Afrikaners were granted refugee status in the US.
