    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [August 12, 1999]
    [Page 1441]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on FY 2000 Refugee Admissions Consultations
    August 12, 1999

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State

    Subject: FY 2000 Refugee Admissions Consultations

        In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality
    Act (INA), you are authorized to consult with the appropriate committees
    of the Congress concerning refugee admissions as follows:
        1. The authorization of 90,000 refugee admissions during FY 2000,
    which would be allocated by specific region as follows: 18,000 for
    Africa; 8,000 for East Asia (including Amerasians); 3,000 for Latin
    America and the Caribbean; 8,000 for the Near East and South Asia;
    47,000 for Europe; (including 27,000 for the former Yugoslavia and
    20,000 for the Newly Independent and Baltic states); and 6,000 for the
    Unallocated Reserve. The recommended level of funded admissions is equal
    to the level assumed in the FY 2000 budget request (80,000) plus those
    covered by the Kosovo supplemental (10,000).
        2. The authorization of an additional 10,000 refugee admission
    numbers to be made available for the adjustment to permanent resident
    status of persons who have been granted asylum in the United States.
        3. The designation, pursuant to section 101(a)(42)(B) of the INA, of
    persons in Cuba, Vietnam, and the former Soviet Union, who, if they
    otherwise qualify for admission as refugees, may be considered refugees
    under the INA even though they are still within their country of
    nationality or habitual residence.

                                                          William J. Clinton

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