一个阿非利卡人游说团体在华盛顿特区国家广场展示了数千个白色十字架，称这些十字架代表南非白人的种族灭绝受害者。
An Afrikaner lobby group has displayed thousands of white crosses on the National Mall in Washington DC, saying they represent the victims of a genocide of white people in South Africa.
但南非新任驻美大使罗尔夫·梅耶表示，南非白人阿非利卡人少数群体遭受大规模袭击的说法并不存在。
But South Africa's new ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, says that the notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa does not exist.
与此同时，根据周二发送给国会的一份通知，特朗普政府计划在未来12个月内接纳多达17,500名额外的白人阿非利卡人作为难民。
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is planning to admit up to 17,500 additional white Afrikaners as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday.
BBC北美记者伊奥娜·韦尔斯解释了美国在种族灭绝指控中扮演的角色。
The BBC's North America correspondent Ione Wells explains what role the US has played in the claim of a genocide.