Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 83767-83768]

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[FR Doc No: 2024-24321]

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Presidential Determination No. 2024-13 of September 30,

2024

Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions

for Fiscal Year 2025

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) 2025 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............................. 30,000-50,000

East Asia.......................... 10,000-20,000

Europe and Central Asia............ 2,000-3,000

Latin America/Caribbean............ 35,000-50,000

Near East/South Asia............... 30,000-45,000

allocations:

Africa............................. 30,000-50,000

East Asia.......................... 10,000-20,000

Europe and Central Asia............ 2,000-3,000

Latin America/Caribbean............ 35,000-50,000

Near East/South Asia............... 30,000-45,000

The above allocation ranges are intended to provide

flexibility as needs arise, but the total admissions

among all of the regions may not exceed 125,000. Upon

providing notification to the Judiciary Committees of

the Congress, you are hereby 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 2025, 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:

t (8 U.S.C.

1101(a)(42)), and after appropriate consultation with

the Congress, I also specify that, for FY 2025, 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 Cuba;

b. Persons in Eurasia and the Baltics;

c. Persons in Iraq;

d. Persons in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras;

and

e. In certain circumstances, persons identified by

a United States Embassy or by an authorized State

Department referral partner in any location.

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You are authorized and directed to publish this

determination in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 30, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-24321

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