Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
| Published date | 07 May 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 24475 |
| Record Number | 2021-09861 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-09861] Presidential Documents
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The President
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Presidential Determination No. 2021-06 of May 3, 2021
Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
In Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021
(Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees
and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on
Migration), I directed numerous actions to rebuild,
expand, and improve the United States Refugee
Admissions Program (USRAP). On February 12, 2021, the
Department of State submitted a report to certain
congressional committees and, with the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Health and
Human Services, consulted with the Congress regarding a
proposal to re-allocate admissions among refugees of
humanitarian concern and to increase Fiscal Year (FY)
2021 refugee admissions from 15,000 refugees to 62,500
refugees due to an unforeseen emergency refugee
situation in countries around the globe since the
signing of Presidential Determination 2021-02 on
October 27, 2020 (Presidential Determination on Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021) (PD 2021-02).
In Presidential Determination 2021-05 of April 16, 2021
(Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee
Admissions for Fiscal Year 2021) (PD 2021-05), I
changed the allocation of admissions in PD 2021-02
based on a determination that new allocations were
necessary to respond to the unforeseen emergency
refugee situation. Based on this change, USRAP partners
are beginning travel preparations for more than 2,000
refugees who were excluded under PD 2021-02, but who
can now be admitted to the United States.
In PD 2021-05, I did not change the pre-existing number
of refugee admissions permitted for FY 2021, which
remained at 15,000. I also stated that I would consider
raising the worldwide refugee admissions ceiling before
the end of FY 2021, should the pre-existing level be
reached and the emergency refugee situation persist.
When I signed PD 2021-05, my intent was to adjust only
the allocation of admissions and to address the
appropriate number of refugees in a separate
determination. Upon additional briefing and a more
comprehensive presentation regarding the capacity of
the executive departments and agencies charged with
administering USRAP to increase refugee admissions
while responding to other demands, and given the
ongoing unforeseen emergency refugee situation, I now
determine, consistent with my Administration's prior
consultation with the Congress, that raising the number
of admissions permissible for FY 2021 to 62,500 is
justified by grave humanitarian concerns and is
otherwise in the national interest.
The number of refugee admissions authorized by this
determination under section 207(b) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(b)) sends the
important message that the United States remains a safe
harbor for some of the most vulnerable people in the
world. This number also sets a goal for USRAP and the
non-governmental and international organizations with
whom USRAP partners to resettle refugees. Given the
gravity of the global refugee crisis, the number of
authorized refugee admissions must be ambitious enough
to challenge the United States Government and its
partners to build their capacity to serve more
refugees. In my judgment, a refugee admissions
determination of 62,500 reflects these values, is
justified by grave humanitarian concerns, and is
otherwise in the national interest of the United
States.
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The FY 2021 allocations set forth in section (b) of PD
2021-05 are adjusted as follows:
Africa................................................. 22,000 ......
East Asia.............................................. 6,000 ......
Europe and Central Asia................................ 4,000 ......
Latin America and the Caribbean........................ 5,000 ......
Near East and South Asia............................... 13,000 ......
Unallocated Reserve.................................... 12,500 ......
The provisions of PD 2021-05 are retained, except to
the extent superseded by this determination.
You are authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, May 3, 2021
[FR Doc. 2021-09861
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