[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 28 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Page 1605]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on FY 2001 Refugee Admissions Consultations


July 6, 2000

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: FY 2001 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 80,000 refugee admissions, 76,000 of which 
      are funded, during FY 2001, which would be allocated by specific 
      region as follows: 20,000 for Africa; 6,000 for East Asia 
      (including Amerasians); 3,000 for Latin America and the Caribbean; 
      10,000 for the Near East and South Asia; 37,000 for Europe 
      (including 20,000 for the former Yugoslavia and 17,000 for the 
      former Soviet Union); and 4,000 for the unallocated reserve. The 
      recommended level of funded admissions is equal to the level 
      assumed in the FY 2001 budget request (76,000).
    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

 Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 7. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.