Bangladesh, May 13 -- The arrival of 59 white South African asylum-seekers in the United States has sparked a new wave of international debate over land reform, racial tensions, and migration policy. US President Donald Trumps characterization of the situation in South Africa as “genocide” has reignited a polarizing conversation that straddles the line between humanitarian concern and political opportunism.

On May 12, the first group of South Africans-predominantly Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch settlers-landed in the US, welcomed at a private airport hangar near Washington DC. They were greeted by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who addressed the group with assurances of support and empathy.

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