[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[October 2, 1992]
[Pages 1740-1741]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Presidential Determination No. 93-1--Memorandum on Refugee Admissions
October 2, 1992

Memorandum for the United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs

Subject: Determination of FY 1993 Refugee Admissions Numbers and 
Authorization of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 
101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act

    In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (``the Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultation 
with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and 
authorize the following actions:
    a. The admission of up to 132,000 refugees to the United States 
during FY 1993 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 
1993 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian 
immigrant admissions program, as provided in paragraph (b) below.
    Ten thousand of these admissions numbers shall be set aside for 
private sector admissions initiatives, and may be used for any region. 
The admission of refugees using these numbers shall be contingent upon 
the availability of private sector funding sufficient to cover the 
reasonable costs of such admissions.
    b. The 122,000 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 1993 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--52,000
      Former Soviet Union--50,000
      Eastern Europe--1,500
      Near East/South Asia--7,000
      Latin America/Caribbean--3,500
      Unallocated (funded)--1,000

    Utilization of the 122,000 federally funded admissions numbers shall 
be limited by such public and private funds as shall be available for 
refugee and Amerasian immigrant admissions in FY 1993. You are hereby 
authorized and directed to so advise the judiciary committees of the 
Congress.
    The 1,000 unallocated federally funded numbers shall be allocated as 
needed. Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular region 
within the 122,000 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 reallocation.
    The 10,000 privately funded admissions not designated for any 
country or region may be used for refugees of special humanitarian 
concern to the United States in any region of the world at any time 
during the fiscal year. You are hereby authorized and directed to notify 
the judiciary committees of the Congress in advance of the intended use 
of these numbers.
    c. An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall be made 
available during FY 1993 for the adjustment to permanent resident status 
under section 209(b)

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of the 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) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I 
also specify that, for FY 1993, 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, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Haiti.
        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.

                                                             George Bush

cc: The Secretary of State, The Attorney General, The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services

                    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:33 
                        p.m., October 13, 1992]