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Presidential Determination No. 2007–1 of October 11, 2006 

Presidential Determination on FY 2007 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 consultations 

with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize 

the following actions: 

The admission of up to 70,000 refugees to the United States during FY 

2007 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 2007 with Federal 

refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions 

program, as provided below. The ceiling shall be construed as a maximum 

not to be exceeded, and not a minimum to be achieved. 

The 70,000 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 of admissions allocated 

to the East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States 

during FY 2007 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 of admissions 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 ................................................ 22,000 

East Asia ........................................... 11,000 

Europe and Central Asia ................. 6,500 

Latin America/Caribbean ................. 5,000 

Near East/South Asia ....................... 5,500 

Unallocated ...................................... 20,000 

The 20,000 unallocated refugee admissions shall be allocated to regional 

ceilings as needed. Upon providing notification to the Judiciary Committees 

of the Congress, you are hereby authorized to use unallocated admissions 

in regions where the need for additional admissions arises. 

Additionally, upon notification to the Judiciary Committees of the Congress, 

you are further authorized to transfer unused admissions allocated to a 

particular region to one or more other regions, if there is a need for greater 

admissions for the region or regions to which the admissions are being 

transferred. Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee 

Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, I hereby determine that assistance 

to or on behalf of persons applying for admission to the United States 

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foreign policy interests of the United States and designate such persons 

for this purpose. 

Consistent 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 2007, 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 

d. In exceptional circumstances, persons identified by a United States 

Embassy in any location 

You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress 

immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 11, 2006. 

[FR Doc. 06–9028 

Filed 10–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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