U.S. Refugee Programs for 1992: Annual Refugee Consultations : Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session ... September 24, 1991, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 241 pages |
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... ceiling wasn't met in the case of the Soviets , we are adding that shortfall to next year's ceiling . So maybe it is time to stop fooling ourselves and begin using the term " quotas , " no matter what the Refugee Act contemplated , and ...
... ceiling wasn't met in the case of the Soviets , we are adding that shortfall to next year's ceiling . So maybe it is time to stop fooling ourselves and begin using the term " quotas , " no matter what the Refugee Act contemplated , and ...
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... for dealing with the pipeline , and whether Congress will again be asked for an Indochinese admissions ceiling of approximately 50,000 in the next fiscal year . We believe that strong support remains for the resettlement in 24.
... for dealing with the pipeline , and whether Congress will again be asked for an Indochinese admissions ceiling of approximately 50,000 in the next fiscal year . We believe that strong support remains for the resettlement in 24.
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... for dealing with the pipeline , and whether Congress will again be asked for an Indochinese admissions ceiling of approximately 50,000 in the next fiscal year . We believe that strong support remains for the resettlement in 24.
... for dealing with the pipeline , and whether Congress will again be asked for an Indochinese admissions ceiling of approximately 50,000 in the next fiscal year . We believe that strong support remains for the resettlement in 24.
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... ceilings available under the U.S. refugee If exceptions to established processing admissions program . priorities or designated nationalities are required to accommodate such cases - the Department and INS have and will continue to ...
... ceilings available under the U.S. refugee If exceptions to established processing admissions program . priorities or designated nationalities are required to accommodate such cases - the Department and INS have and will continue to ...
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... the 1,000 unallocated reserve numbers to UNHCR's high risk cases since our established regional admissions ceilings are available for this purpose . Senator Kennedy Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs September 24 39.
... the 1,000 unallocated reserve numbers to UNHCR's high risk cases since our established regional admissions ceilings are available for this purpose . Senator Kennedy Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs September 24 39.
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Administration admissions ceiling admissions level admissions numbers admitted Africa Ambassador LYMAN Amerasian applicants arrivals assistance asylum seekers Baha'is Cambodians camps Chairman Cold War Committee Congress continue Coordinator developments displaced persons EAGLEBURGER East Asia Eastern Europe eligible emigration estimated Ethiopian fear of persecution fiscal year 1992 funded Gene McNary going groups human rights Immigration and Refugee impact interview Iran Iranian Iraq Iraqi large numbers Latin America Liberians Migration million months number of refugees Office Orderly Departure Program percent population President problems Refugee Act refugee admissions program Refugee Processing refugee program refugee resettlement refugee status region resettlement needs Secretary Senator KENNEDY Senator Simpson September 24 shortfall Somalia South Southeast Asia Soviet Jews Soviet refugees Soviet Union special humanitarian concern Subcommittee on Immigration Sudan third country U.S. government U.S. refugee admissions unaccompanied minors unallocated UNHCR United Nations Vietnam Vietnamese voluntary agencies voluntary repatriation worldwide
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Page 67 - General shall promptly submit to the division of the court and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report specifying the facts found and the ultimate grounds for such removal.
Page 70 - ... a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The term "refugee...
Page 70 - refugee" means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality...
Page 70 - refugee" does not include any person who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Page 67 - USC 1159(b)) of aliens who have been granted asylum in the United States under section 208 of the Act (8 USC 1158), as this is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.
Page 70 - Act adopted for the purpose of our refugee admissions program, the definition of "refugee" contained in the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.
Page 66 - ... (2) Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of refugees who may be admitted under this section in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall...
Page 67 - President may fix a number of refugees to be admitted to the United States during the succeeding period (not to exceed twelve months) in response to the emergency refugee situation and such admissions shall be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern...
Page 67 - Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular region within the 120,000 federally funded ceiling 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.
Page 29 - ... including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the UN Border Relief Operation (UNBRO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).