JOHANNESBURG, Dec 17 - South Africa on Wednesday said its authorities had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on processing refugee applications for the U.S. government.

President Donald Trump's administration aims to bring thousands of ‍white ​South Africans to the United States under a resettlement programme it ‍started this year, on the basis of claims that they are victims of racial persecution. South Africa's government strongly denies this.