Tag: africans
West Africans deported from US to Ghana ‘dumped without documents in Togo’
Men removed from US by Ice say they were held near Accra then taken over border and left without passports or ID West Africans deported by the US to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after being dumped in the country without documents, according to lawyers and deportees. The latest chapter in Donald…
West Africans deported by the US were denied their rights, says lawyer
Men were sent on from Ghana despite ‘risk of torture, persecution or inhumane treatment’ A lawyer for 11 west Africans deported by the US to Ghana said they had been returned to their home countries despite many fearing for their safety. Under Donald Trump’s drive to ramp up expulsions, the US has sent migrants to…
‘The US was our El Dorado’: Africans on Trump’s travel bans and taxes
Already affected by US aid cuts, many Africans now face limits on travel to US and looming remittance tax When Essi Farida Geraldo, a Lomé-based architect, heard about partial restrictions on travel to the US from Togo as part of the travel bans announced by Donald Trump on Thursday, she lamented losing access to what…
Episcopal church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status
Church refuses White House directive, citing longstanding ‘commitment to racial justice and reconciliation’ The Episcopal church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation”. Presiding bishop Sean Rowe announced the step on Monday, shortly…
First group of white South Africans arrive in US after Trump grants refugee status
Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, minority descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’ The first group of white South Africans granted refugee status by Donald Trump’s administration has arrived in the US, stirring controversy in South Africa as the US president declared the Afrikaners victims of a “genocide”. The Afrikaners, a minority descended…
Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale
Trump Administration The president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people, and warn that it could happen in America if attempts to promote diversity aren’t stopped. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg To hear President Trump and some of his closest supporters tell it, South Africa is a terrible…
Church in Kenya for L.G.B.T.Q. Africans Thrives Despite Attacks
The congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has been forced to move to 10 different locations over 10 years, and yet it has survived as a sanctuary in an increasingly hostile environment. Pastor Caroline Omolo.Kang-Chun Cheng for The New York Times By Sarah Hurtes Reporting from Nairobi For nearly a decade, Kenya’s only church led and attended…