The US has announced new visa restrictions targeting foreign nationals it says are involved in “race-based discrimination and uncompensated land seizures against minority groups in South Africa”.
The policy, introduced under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the US Immigration and Nationality Act, applies to foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority groups in South Africa.
US State Secretary, Marco Rubio, said: “The US remains gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners and other minority populations in South Africa, including race-based discriminatory legislation, threats of land expropriation without compensation, and incitement of racial violence through dehumanising chants and slogans.”
