A group of 59 White South Africans arrived in the United States on Monday after being granted refugee status under the US President Donald Trump administration, marking the first such designation by the administration, according to a report by CNN.

The group, which included children, landed at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, where they were welcomed by US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar. The Trump administration has moved to not only admit but to expedite the processing of Afrikaners as refugees for alleged discrimination. At the same time, it has suspended all other refugee resettlement, including for people fleeing war and famine, as per CNN.