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Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2000-32 of September 29, 2000 Presidential Determination on FY 2001 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended Memorandum for the Secmtazy 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 consu]tation with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admission of up to 80,000 refugees to the United States during FY 2001 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest; provided, however, that this number shall be understood as in- cluding persons admitted to the United States during FY 2001 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions program, as provided below. The 80,000 admissions numbers shall be allocated among refugees of spe- cial humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the fol- lowing regional allocations; provided, however, that the number allocated to the East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States during FY 2001 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap- propriations 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 ........................................... 6,000 Eastern Europe ................................. 20,000 Former Soviet Union ....................... 17,000 Latin America/Caribbean ................. 3,000 Near East/South Asia ....................... 10,000 Unallocated ...................................... 4,000 The 4,000 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. 4O3