*Administration of Barack Obama, 2011 *

**Memorandum on Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to the Horn of Africa **

*August 8, 2011 *

Presidential Determination No. 2011–12

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject*: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to the Horn of Africa

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act"), as amended, (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1)), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act, in an amount not to exceed $10 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Horn of Africa, refugee and migration needs, memorandum.

*Subjects:* Africa : East Africa, famine and humanitarian crisis; Africa : U.S. assistance; Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, U.S. Emergency.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201100558.