[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 40 (Monday, October 11, 1993)]
[Pages 1957-1958]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Refugee Admissions

 October 1, 1993

Presidential Determination No. 94-1

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination of FY 1994 Refugee Admissions Numbers and 
Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Section 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

    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:
    The admission of up to 121,000 refugees to the United States during 
FY 1994 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 
1994 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian 
immigrant admissions program, as provided below.
    The 120,000 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 1994 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......................................................   45,000
Former Soviet Union/Eastern Europe.............................   55,000
Near East/South Asia...........................................    6,000
Latin America/Caribbean........................................    4,000
Unallocated (funded)...........................................    3,000
                                                                        

    The 3,000 unallocated federally funded numbers shall be allocated as 
needed. Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular region 
within the 120,000 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 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, 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.
    The 1,000 privately funded admissions are not designated for any 
country or region and may be used for refugees of special humanitarian 
concern to the United States from any region provided that private 
resources are available to fund the reasonable cost of their admission 
and resettlement.
    An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall be made 
available during FY 1994 for the adjustment to permanent resident status 
under Section 209(b) 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

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this is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the 
national interest. An estimated 7,000 aliens were granted asylum during 
FY 1993 under Section 208 of the Act.
    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 1994, 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 Haiti.
    d. 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.
                                            William J. Clinton

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:51 p.m., October 5, 
1993]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on October 
7. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate 
issue.