Afrikaner U-Turn: White South Africans Who Fled To America Now Head Back, Saying the U.S. Is Unsafe

[rangerrebew]

Politics
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman
March 15, 2026

Afrikaner U-Turn: White South Africans Who Fled To America Now Head Back, Saying the U.S. Is Unsafe
Trump launched a refugee program for white South Africans in 2025.


While Trump has claimed that white South Africans face persecution in their home country, some have actually deemed it a safer option than the United States.


Initially, many white South Africans immigrated to the United States out of safety and persecution fears in the African nation. However, the “white flight” back to South Africa comes from the ongoing news of U.S. citizens’ killings, often at the hands of law enforcement, ICE agents, or random shooters with any motive to cause harm.
 
Some white South Africans have found the violence too much to handle, repatriating to South Africa for a better sense of safety.
 
“People are being shot in broad daylight. American citizens are being shot and killed,” shared Andrew Veitch, who moved to California in 2003, to Reuters. “I don’t want to live in a place like this.”

https://www.blackenterprise.com/trump-white-south-africans-repatriate/

[rangerrebew]

That says more than Don Lemmon said in his entire career.

[Sighlass]

Followed the article to source article ....

Sounds like BS to me, cherry picked info spun... example: safer if you live in the right gated neighborhood with a good home security and being able to keep a job in the US via internet where you can work at home.

Sounds to me like they moved to some California city hell hole to compare "safety concerns".

The only plausible argument is cost of living concerns.... Again, comparing inner-city Kalifornia to anywhere is not an apples to apples comparison.

[Kamaji]

Followed the article to source article ....

Sounds like BS to me, cherry picked info spun... example: safer if you live in the right gated neighborhood with a good home security and being able to keep a job in the US via internet where you can work at home.

Sounds to me like they moved to some California city hell hole to compare "safety concerns".

The only plausible argument is cost of living concerns.... Again, comparing inner-city Kalifornia to anywhere is not an apples to apples comparison.

[jafo2010]

There are always people who think the grass is greener on the other side, get there, and realize they do not like where they are and return home. 

I am 100% certain this is a false story beyond a few that decided to return.  There is no comparison between South Africa and the USA.  None!!!

Just look at all the fools that left the USA only to return again.  You can count the celebrities on one hand that said they would leave, and half have returned.

[Bigun]

There are always people who think the grass is greener on the other side, get there, and realize they do not like where they are and return home. 

I am 100% certain this is a false story beyond a few that decided to return.  There is no comparison between South Africa and the USA.  None!!!

Just look at all the fools that left the USA only to return again.  You can count the celebrities on one hand that said they would leave, and half have returned.