Thousands of white crosses have been erected on the National Mall in Washington D.C. by an Afrikaner lobby group, symbolizing what they allege is a genocide of white people in South Africa. This display coincides with the Trump administration's announcement of plans to admit up to 17,500 additional white Afrikaners as refugees into the United States over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
However, South Africa's new ambassador to the U.S., Roelf Meyer, has stated that the notion of a large-scale attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa is not a reality and that such a genocide does not exist. The BBC is investigating the U.S. administration's role in the claims of genocide within South Africa.