WATCH | No food, no phones? Afrikaner refugee claims in US dismissed as fake

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Cape Town – A viral TikTok video claiming that South African Afrikaner refugee families in the US are suffering without food, money, or phones has reportedly been dismissed as “hearsay” by Amerikaners, a volunteer group that assists South Africans seeking asylum.

The video, posted by a South African woman in the US, has since been deleted following backlash and platform flagging.

“A family of refugees has been placed in this town and they have had no food…

“They were of the understanding that they were going to be arriving here to assistance. People thought they were going to be arriving at a house, a job and medical insurance. It isn’t that way at all,” the TikToker with the username @catpmt, said in the now-deleted video.

But according to The Citizen, Sam Busa, founder of Amerikaners, called the claims sensationalised and said that the families in question were part of a pilot refugee resettlement programme, where minor administrative delays were expected.

“I think it’s been blown up into something that need not be.

“It’s all hearsay anyway. Nobody has the original source. So nobody even knows exactly what was said on a Facebook group,” the report quoted Busa as saying.

She also clarified that the organisation has no direct ties to the US government and no personal contact with the affected families.
Busa stressed that temporary hotel accommodation is standard and that the broader refugee system remains functional.

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