[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 56869-56870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28397]
Presidential Documents
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Presidential Determination No. 96-59 of September 30,
1996
Presidential Determination on FY 1997 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 78,000 refugees to the United
States during FY 1997 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 1997 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 78,000 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 1997
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........................................... 10,000
Europe.............................................. 48,000
Latin America/Caribbean............................. 4,000
Near East/South Asia................................ 4,000
Unallocated......................................... 5,000
The 5,000 unallocated federally funded numbers shall be
allocated as needed. Unused admissions numbers
allocated to a particular region within the 78,000
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.
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
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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 1997 for the adjustment to
permanent resident status under section 209(b) of the
Immigration and Nationality 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.
In accordance with section 101(a)(42)(B) of the Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation
with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 1997,
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 30, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-28397
Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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