[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52393-52394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-25810]
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[Federal Register: October 17, 1994]
Presidential Documents
Presidential Determination No. 95-1 of October 1, 1994
Determination of FY 1995 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 112,000 refugees to the United
States during FY 1995 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 1995 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 110,000 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 1995
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......................... 40,000
Former Soviet Union/Eastern Europe 48,000
Latin America/Caribbean........... 8,000
Near East/South Asia.............. 5,000
Unallocated (funded).............. 2,000
The 2,000 unallocated federally funded numbers shall be
allocated as needed. Unused admissions numbers
allocated to a particular region within the 110,000
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.
The 2,000 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.
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.
An additional 10,000 refugee admissions numbers shall
be made available during FY 1995 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 this is justified by
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national
interest. An estimated 8,500 aliens were granted asylum
during FY 1994 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 1995,
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.
(Presidential Sig.)>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 13, 1994.
cc The Attorney General
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
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