Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2022

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 57527-57528]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2021-22760]

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Federal Register / Vol. 86 , No. 198 / Monday, October 18, 2021 /

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Presidential Determination No. 2022-02 of October 8,

2021

Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions

for Fiscal Year 2022

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States, in

accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (the ``Act'') (8 U.S.C. 1157), and

after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I

hereby make the following determinations and authorize

the following actions:

The admission of up to 125,000 refugees to the United

States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 is justified by

humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national

interest.

The admissions numbers shall be allocated among

refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United

States in accordance with the following regional

allocations:

States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 is justified by

humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national

interest.

The admissions numbers shall be allocated among

refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United

States in accordance with the following regional

allocations:

Africa................................................. 40,000 ......

East Asia.............................................. 15,000 ......

Europe and Central Asia................................ 10,000 ......

Latin America/Caribbean................................ 15,000 ......

Near East/South Asia................................... 35,000 ......

Unallocated Reserve.................................... 10,000 ......

The 10,000 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 admissions in regions where the need for

additional admissions arises.

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The 10,000 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 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 (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.

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 2022, 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:

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Persons in Cuba;

Persons in Eurasia and the Baltics;

Persons in Iraq;

Persons in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras; and

In certain circumstances, persons identified by a United States

Embassy in any location.

fugees for the purpose of admission to the

United States within their countries of nationality or

habitual residence:

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Persons in Cuba;

Persons in Eurasia and the Baltics;

Persons in Iraq;

Persons in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras; and

In certain circumstances, persons identified by a United States

Embassy in any location.

You are authorized and directed to publish this

determination in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, October 8, 2021

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