[Federal Register: October 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 207)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Presidential Determination No. 03-02 of October 16,
2002
Presidential Determination on FY 2003 Refugee
Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country
Refugee Status
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 2003 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 2003 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 2003 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.............................................. 4,000 ......
Eastern Europe......................................... 2,500 ......
Former Soviet Union.................................... 14,000 ......
Latin America/Caribbean................................ 2,500 ......
Near East/South Asia................................... 7,000 ......
Unallocated Reserve.................................... 20,000 ......
The 20,000 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, 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 2003 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
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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 2003,
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 16, 2002.
[FR Doc. 02-27365
Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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