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Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Presidential Documents 59697

Presidential Determination No. 2000–32 of September 29, 2000

Presidential Determination on FY 2001 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 80,000 refugees to the United States during FY

2001 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 2001 with Federal

refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions

program, as provided below.

The 80,000 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 2001 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 ................................................ 20,000

East Asia ........................................... 6,000

Eastern Europe ................................. 20,000

Former Soviet Union ....................... 17,000

Latin America/Caribbean ................. 3,000

Near East/South Asia ....................... 10,000

Unallocated ...................................... 4,000

The 4,000 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.

59698 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Presidential Documents

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 2001 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 2001, 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 

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Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 29, 2000.

[FR Doc. 00–25960

Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

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