[Federal Register: November 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 217)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Presidential Determination No. 2004-06 of October 21,
2003
Presidential Determination on FY 2004 Refugee
Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country
Refugee Status Consistent with Sections 207 and
101(a)(42), respectively, of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, and Determination Consistent with
Section 2 (b) (2) of the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act, as amended
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Consistent 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 2004
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 2004 with Federal
refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.
The 70,000 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 2004 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................................................. 25,000 ......
East Asia.............................................. 6,500 ......
Europe and Central Asia................................ 13,000 ......
Latin America/Caribbean................................ 3,500 ......
Near East/South Asia................................... 2,000 ......
Unallocated Reserve.................................... 20,000 ......
The 20,000 unallocated refugee numbers 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 numbers in regions where the need for
additional numbers arises.
Additionally, upon notification to the Judiciary
Committees of the Congress, you are further authorized
to transfer unused admission numbers allocated to a
particular region to one or more other regions, if
there is a need for greater numbers for the region or
regions to which the numbers 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 as part of
the overseas refugee admissions program will contribute
to the
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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 2004 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.
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 2004, 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.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, October 21, 2003.
[FR Doc. 03-28360
Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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