[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60547-60548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21913]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 193 / Thursday, October 6, 2022 /
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Presidential Determination No. 2022-25 of September 27,
2022
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
for Fiscal Year 2023
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) 2023 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................................ 15,000 ......
Latin America/Caribbean................................ 15,000 ......
Near East/South Asia................................... 35,000 ......
Unallocated Reserve.................................... 5,000 ......
The 5,000 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 2023, 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 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 27, 2022
[FR Doc. 2022-21913
Filed 10-5-22; 8:45 am]
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