India, May 22 -- In recent months, Donald Trump has become fixated on South Africa due to claims that Afrikaners, a White ethnic minority, have been indiscriminately persecuted. In February, the US President issued an executive order to suspend foreign aid to South Africa due to allegations that the government led by Cyril Ramaphosa "radically disfavored landowners."

Earlier this month, the Trump administration received a plane with 49 Afrikaners who were granted refugee status, with President claiming that they are "losing their land in South Africa and are targets of genocide."

Considering the administration's broader suspension of the refugee program and immigration enforcement measures, the action deemed as a surprise.

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