[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 98-27599]
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Part V
The President
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Presidential Determination No. 98-39--Presidential Determination on FY
1999 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
Presidential Determination No. 98-40--Transfer of Funds To Support
Court To Try Accused Perpetrators of Pan Am 103 Bombing
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The President
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Presidential Determination No. 98-39 of September 30,
1998
Presidential Determination on FY 1999 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 1999 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 1999 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 78,000 admissions numbers shall be allocated among
refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United
States 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 1999 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................................................. 12,000
.......................................... East Asia.............................................. 9,000
.......................................... Europe (includes 3,000 unfunded)....................... 48,000
.......................................... Latin America/Caribbean................................ 3,000
.......................................... Near East/South Asia................................... 4,000
.......................................... Unallocated............................................ 2,000
Within the Europe ceiling are 3,000 unfunded numbers
allocated to the former Soviet Union for use as needed
provided that resources within existing appropriations
are available to fund the cost of their admission. The
2,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as needed
to regional ceilings where shortfalls develop. Unused
admissions numbers allocated to a particular region 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 1999 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 asuylum 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) of the Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation
with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 1999,
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, 1998.
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