[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]


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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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