[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 65469-65470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27365]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Presidential Determination No. 03-02 of October 16, 
                2002

                
Presidential Determination on FY 2003 Refugee 
                Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country 
                Refugee Status

                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 consultations with the 
                Congress, I hereby make the following determinations 
                and authorize the following actions:

                The admission of up to 70,000 refugees to the United 
                States during FY 2003 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 2003 with Federal refugee resettlement 
                assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 
                program, as provided below.

                The 70,000 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 2003 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.................................................  20,000                  ......
                                                                 East Asia..............................................  4,000                   ......
                                                                 Eastern Europe.........................................  2,500                   ......
                                                                 Former Soviet Union....................................  14,000                  ......
                                                                 Latin America/Caribbean................................  2,500                   ......
                                                                 Near East/South Asia...................................  7,000                   ......
                                                                 Unallocated Reserve....................................  20,000                  ......
 

                The 20,000 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.

                Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and 
                Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, 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 2003 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

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                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) of the Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation 
                with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2003, 
                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.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 16, 2002.

[FR Doc. 02-27365
Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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