[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53091-53092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25377]



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                Presidential Determination No. 95-48 of September 29, 
                1995

                
Presidential Determination on FY 1996 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 90,000 refugees to the United 
                States during FY 1996 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 1996 with Federal refugee resettlement 
                assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 
                program, as provided below.

                The 90,000 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 1996 
                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.........................  25,000
                Former Soviet Union/Eastern Europe  45,000
                Latin America/Caribbean...........   6,000
                Near East/South Asia..............   4,000
                Unallocated Reserve...............   3,000

                    The 3,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as 
                needed. Unused admissions numbers allocated to a 
                particular region within the 90,000 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.

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                    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 1996 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. 8,131 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 1996, 
                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 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, September 29, 1995.

[FR Doc. 95-25377
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