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At the end of this miniseries about white supremacist terrorism in the final years of apartheid in South Africa, this episode returns to the present day as white South Africans are lining up outside the embassy in Pretoria to claim refugee status under Trump's executive order.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-focuses-persecution-claims-white-south-africans-seek-resettlement-2025-04-24/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/06/white-afrikaner-donald-trump-america-us-administration
https://www.dw.com/en/us-diplomat-ejected-from-new-zealand-after-mysterious-incident/a-38016563
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/24/australia-expels-israeli-diplomat
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59023465
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/americas/06ecuador.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/05/29/so-how-do-you-expel-an-ambassador-anyway/
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/social/
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pool-reports-february-2-2025
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/calendar/
https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/ramaphosa-slams-afriforum-solidarity
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-02-13-apartheid-stratcom-agents-trump-edwin-feulner/
https://laist.com/news/food/milky-way-kosher-restaurant-reopens-steven-spielbergs-mom-la-legendary
https://www.biznews.com/interviews/2025/02/27/us-ramaphosa-financial-sanction-anc-joel-pollak
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/23/africa/south-african-ambassador-ebrahim-rasool-intl/index.html
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-03-18-rasool-diplomacy-and-global-power/
https://www.sajr.co.za/rasools-expulsion-a-crisis-not-a-hiccup/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/07/14/Foundation-unveils-Contra-commercials/1746553233600/
https://za.usembassy.gov/u-s-refugee-admissions-program-faqs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html
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