Afrikaner “refugee” Errol Langton has advised South Africans hoping to resettle in the US to accept low-paying jobs. He’s also warned them not to have unrealistic expectations about their new lives abroad.
The IT business owner and part-time “leafy green farmer” swapped his life in Johannesburg to live in Birmingham, Alabama. He now works at a local car wash.
Langton was amongst the first group of white South Africans who applied for the refugee resettlement programme.
In February, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, granting refuge to Afrikaners or “minorities”, over his claims of “racial discrimination” and “persecution” in South Africa.
AFRIKANER ‘REFUGEE’ WORKS AT CAR WASH – SHARES JOB ADVICE
Speaking in an interview with US intelligence expert Chris Wyatt, Errol Langton revealed that he had taken a job at a local car wash in Birmingham.
Langton, who owned an IT business in South Africa, advised fellow refugee applicants to “come over and be prepared to work.”
He said, “Take what you can get now and work on what you want later. Don’t get here and want the $50-an-hour job; take the $15-an-hour job so that you can get on your feet.
“Take the low-paying job to start with and then build to what you want. I promise you, in a year’s time, you will be there.”
Errol Langton stated that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had given resettled refugees a “starter loan” and aid to get on their feet.
Several of his family members had already secured jobs just days into their stay, he claimed.
He continued: “If you play the victim card, you will not fit in. You will not be a part of society.
“It’s not discrediting what has happened to you. If you get that out of your system and show that you’ve taken the opportunity that you’ve been given, and you go work hard on it, you can open any door. The opportunities are endless.”
He also warned South African “refugees” not to expect the same lifestyle in the US either.
He said, “There is nobody to clean up after you. If you make a mess, you clean it up.
“I don’t care if you’re 18 or 80, if you’ve got to do something, you do it. You can pay someone else to do it, but that is going to cost you”.
WHAT JOBS DO SOUTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE?
According to various immigration and recruitment agencies, South African migrants flock to countries like Canada, Australia, the UK, the US, and New Zealand.
These first-world countries offer the prospects of high living standards, thriving economies and job markets, and communities of South African expats.
For immigrants, or refugees, there is a high demand for skilled labour in sectors like engineering, construction, IT, healthcare, finance, and education.
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