Afrikaner “refugee” Jacqueline Botha is accused of taking advantage of the resettlement programme in order to receive a “free trip” to the US, to possibly join her husband, living in the country.
Last week, a group of 49 white South Africans arrived in America under the guise that they were being “persecuted” back home, based on their race. However, internet sleuths have discovered that this isn’t necessarily the case for many of them, who have been branded “opportunistic”.
AFRIKANER ‘REFUGEE’: DID SHE SCORE A FREE TRIP TO THE US?
According to Newzroom Afrika and South African social media users, Jacqueline “Jackie” Botha, is accused of exploiting the refugee resettlement programme to join her husband abroad.
Jackie left her house in an affluent neighbourhood in Gqerberha as part of the contingent of white South Africans – believed to be “Afrikaner farmers” – who have sought refugee status in America.
The 52-year-old woman left the country with her three children.
Their move was in line with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order, which was offered to South African minorities who are reportedly victims of “racial discrimination”.
According to a former employee, Botha’s husband has been living abroad for several years.
It’s unclear what career Botha practised or what “persecution” she faced to warrant her becoming and “Afrikaner refugee”.
On social media, many South Africans have come to their own conclusions….
@sirap777:“So she caught a free lift to her husband, who is living in the US?”
@nom_fam: “Free flights, food and accommodation…we have to stan a resourceful queen”
@modestdeephead: “Easy way to get immediate citizenship without the long, tedious process. Jackie was like, 1+1=2!”
ESCAPING PERSECUTION?
Jacqueline Botha isn’t the only “Afrikaner refugee” who is accused of taking advantage of a trip to the US to reunite with family.
Another, IT tech businessman and “leafy green farmer,” Errol Langton, told the New York Times that he planned to settle in Birmingham, Alabama. Coincidentally, this is the same town his brother moved to several years ago.
In a viral TikTok video, Langton’s former stepdaughter Geneveve Gouws accused him of “lying” in his refugee status application. She also alleged that Langton had likely hoped to move closer to his family in the US.
Langton clapped back at the claims that he was not an Afrikaner – or a farmer – and claimed that he had been “attacked” on his property. He also stated that he – and his eight family members – were “deserving” of the “refugee” offer.
His stepdaughter disputed his claims.
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