The United States has granted refuge to these individuals, who claim to be fleeing what they describe as a “genocide” in South Africa. They say they face persecution based on their race.

Trump strongly criticized Ramaphosa’s governing of South Africa, claiming there has been a “genocide” of white farmers.

A visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to the White House took a contentious turn on Wednesday as President Trump showed him videos intended to back up Mr. Trump’s false claim that there have been mass killings of Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that once led the nation’s apartheid government.

Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.

His state visit comes at a time when his country’s relations with the US are at the lowest they have been in decades.

U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House for a meeting that might be tense.