[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52393-52394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-25810]


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[Federal Register: October 17, 1994]




                        Presidential Documents 



                Presidential Determination No. 95-1 of October 1, 1994

 

Determination of FY 1995 Refugee Admissions 
                Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status 
                Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, 
                of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
                Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the 
                Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                In accordance with Section 207 of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (``the Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), as 
                amended and after appropriate consultation with the 
                Congress, I hereby make the following determinations 
                and authorize the following actions:

                The admission of up to 112,000 refugees to the United 
                States during FY 1995 is justified by humanitarian 
                concerns or is otherwise in the national interest; 
                provided, however, that this number shall be understood 
                as including persons admitted to the United States 
                during FY 1995 with Federal refugee resettlement 
                assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 
                program, as provided below.

                The 110,000 funded admissions shall be allocated among 
                refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United 
                States as described in the documentation presented to 
                the Congress during the consultations that preceded 
                this determination and in accordance with the following 
                regional allocations; provided, however, that the 
                number allocated to the East Asia region shall include 
                persons admitted to the United States during FY 1995 
                with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under 
                Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing 
                and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988, as 
                contained in Section 101(e) of Public Law 100-202 
                (Amerasian immigrants and their family members); 
                provided further that the number allocated to the 
                former Soviet Union shall include persons admitted who 
                were nationals of the former Soviet Union, or in the 
                case of persons having no nationality, who were 
                habitual residents of the former Soviet Union, prior to 
                September 2, 1991:

                                                                 Africa............................     7,000   
                                                                 East Asia.........................    40,000   
                                                                 Former Soviet Union/Eastern Europe    48,000   
                                                                 Latin America/Caribbean...........     8,000   
                                                                 Near East/South Asia..............     5,000   
                                                                 Unallocated (funded)..............     2,000   
                                                                                                                


                The 2,000 unallocated federally funded numbers shall be 
                allocated as needed. Unused admissions numbers 
                allocated to a particular region within the 110,000 
                federally funded ceiling may be transferred to one or 
                more other regions if there is an overriding need for 
                greater numbers for the region or regions to which the 
                numbers are being transferred. You are hereby 
                authorized and directed to consult with the judiciary 
                committees of the Congress prior to any such use of the 
                unallocated numbers or reallocation of numbers from one 
                region to another.

                The 2,000 privately funded admissions are not 
                designated for any country or region and may be used 
                for refugees of special humanitarian concern to the 
                United States from any region provided that private 
                resources are available to fund the reasonable cost of 
                their admission and resettlement.

                Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and 
                Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 
                2601(b)(2), I hereby determine that assistance to or on 
                behalf of persons applying for admission to the United 
                States as part of the overseas refugee admissions 
                program will contribute to the foreign policy interests 
                of the United States and designate such persons for 
                this purpose.

                An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall 
                be made available during FY 1995 for the adjustment to 
                permanent resident status under Section 209(b) of the 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(b)) of aliens who have been granted 
                asylum in the United States under Section 208 of the 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), as this is justified by 
                humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national 
                interest. An estimated 8,500 aliens were granted asylum 
                during FY 1994 under Section 208 of the Act.

                In accordance with Section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation 
                with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 1995, 
                the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be 
                considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the 
                United States within their countries of nationality or 
                habitual residence:

                           a. Persons in Vietnam
                           b. Persons in Cuba
                           c. Persons in Haiti
                           d. Persons in the former Soviet Union

                You are authorized and directed to report this 
                Determination to the Congress immediately and to 
                publish it in the Federal Register.

                    (Presidential Sig.)>


                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 13, 1994.


                cc The Attorney General

                   The Secretary of Health and Human Services

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