[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 53219-53220]
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[FR Doc No: 97-27172]
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Presidential Determination No. 97-37 of September 30,
1997
Presidential Determination on FY 1998 Refugee
Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country
Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 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
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
In accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (``the Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), as
amended, and after appropriate consultation with the
Congress, I hereby make the following determinations
and authorize the following actions:
The admission of up to 83,000 refugees to the United
States during FY 1998 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 1998 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 83,000 admissions shall be allocated among refugees
of special humanitarian concern to the United States 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 1998 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........................................ 14,000
Europe........................................... 51,000
Latin America/Caribbean.......................... 4,000
Near East/South Asia............................. 4,000
Unallocated...................................... 3,000
Within the Europe ceiling are 5,000 unfunded
reserve numbers allocated to the former Soviet Union
for use as needed provided that resources within
existing appropriations are available to fund the cost
of their admission. The 3,000 unfunded unallocated
numbers shall be allocated as needed if resources
within existing appropriations are available to fund
the cost of their admission. Unused admissions numbers
allocated to a particular region within the 75,000
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
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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.
An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers
shall be made available during FY 1998 for the
adjustment to permanent resident status under section
209(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 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)(B) of the Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation
with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 1998,
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 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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 30, 1997.
[FR Doc. 97-27172
Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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