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South Africa demands Peter Dutton retract 'offensive' statement on white farmer plight
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 16, 2018 11:26pm |
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| Author | Guardian Staff |
| News Date | Thursday, March 15, 2018 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | South Africa demanded on Thursday that Australian home affairs minister Peter Dutton retract comments that suggested white farmers were being persecuted and should receive fast-tracked humanitarian visas from a “civilised country”.
Pretoria summoned Canberra’s high commissioner over Dutton’s remarks, which also included a description of white farmers facing “horrific circumstances”, a characterisation South Africa has rejected.
“The South African government is offended by the statements which have been attributed to the Australian home affairs minister and a full retraction is expected,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Commenting this week on a documentary about violent rural crime in South Africa, Dutton said the farmers deserved “special attention”. “I do think, on the information that I’ve seen, people do need help and they need help from a civilised country like ours,” Dutton said. |
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