White South African refugees fall foul of Republican driving rules in US midwest - Ohio [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/white-south-african-refugees-driving-rules?CMP%3Dshare_btn_url

snip-So far, 206 Afrikaners have resettled in Ohio, a state that has struggled with population decline for decades. The Trump administration recently announced it plans to increase by 10,000 the number of refugee resettlement places for South Africans this year.

But since arriving in the US, Afrikaners – largely the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of Dutch settlers and French Huguenots – have faced major challenges, in large part due to policies aimed at immigrants and enacted by the White House and Ohio’s Republican-run legislature.

Last June, Ohio introduced new driving license rules for lawful residents who are not citizens or green card holders.

They include the requirement for all applicants to complete eight hours of lessons through a designated driving school, 24 hours of classroom work and 50 hours of driving with a licensed adult before being able to take a driving exam. The cost of fulfilling these requirements is estimated at about $500 and could take up to nine months, when in the past it took a matter of weeks.


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Ohio weather in Dec 25-March26 must have been quite a shock