[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 54505-54506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26269]
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Presidential Determination No. 99-45 of September 30,
1999
Presidential Determination on FY 2000 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 90,000 refugees to the United
States during FY 2000 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 2000 with Federal refugee resettlement
assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 90,000 admissions numbers 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 2000 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 18,000
East Asia 8,000
Former Yugoslavia 17,000
Kosovo Crisis 10,000
NIS/Baltics 20,000
Latin America/ 3,000
Caribbean
Near East/South Asia 8,000
Unallocated 6,000
The 6,000 unallocated numbers shall be allocated as
needed to regional ceilings where shortfalls develop.
Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular
region 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 2000 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) of the Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and after appropriate consultation
with the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2000,
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, 1999.
[FR Doc. 99-26269
Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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