[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[April 18, 1991]
[Page 392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Presidential Determination No. 91-30--Memorandum on Assistance for 
Refugees and Migrants in Africa
April 18, 1991

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

    Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that 
it is important to the national interest that $15,250,000 be made 
available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund 
(Emergency Fund) to meet the unexpected and urgent needs of refugees and 
migrants in Africa.
    A total of $15,250,000 will be used to respond to urgent unforeseen 
refugee needs in Africa of which $4,000,000 will be contributed to UNHCR 
[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] for South African 
repatriation; $10,000,000 will be contributed to international relief 
organizations for Ethiopian and Somali refugees and returnees in the 
Horn of Africa; and $1,250,000 will be used for emergency migration 
needs in Malawi.
    You are directed to inform the appropriate committees of the 
Congress of this Determination and the obligation of funds under this 
authority, and to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

                                                             George Bush

                    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 
                        11:28 a.m., May 7, 1991]