U.S. Refugee Programs for 1991: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on the Proposed U.S. Refugee Resettlement Admissions Program for Fiscal Year 1991, October 3, 1990, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 349 pages |
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admissions numbers Afghans Africa Amerasians American Angola applications approximately arrivals asylum-seekers border Bulgaria Burundi camps Committee continued Cuba Cuban displaced persons EAGLEBURGER East Asia Eastern Europe economic El Salvador emigration enter estimated Ethiopia ethnic fiscal year 1991 fled funding groups Hong Kong humanitarian ICRC illegal Immigration increased Iran Iranians Iraqi large numbers Latin America Liberia major Mauritania ment million Mozambicans Mozambique nationals Nicaragua number of refugees Orderly Departure Program percent permanent resettlement persecution political prisoners priority processing proposed refu refugee admissions program Refugee Affairs refugee assistance refugee population Refugee Programs refugee resettlement refugee situation refugee status region remain Republic residence Romania Rwanda Salvador Salvadorans Senator KENNEDY Senator SIMPSON small number Somalia South Soviet Union Sudan Table Thailand third country resettlement tion TOTAL Turkey U.S. Government U.S. refugee admissions UNBRO UNHCR United UNRWA Vietnam Vietnamese visa voluntary agencies voluntary repatriation Zaire
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Page 218 - 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, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion...
Page 317 - Service, which includes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; the Centers for Disease Control; the Food and Drug Administration; the Health Resources and Services Administration; and the National Institutes of Health.
Page 95 - ... (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 218 - 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 95 - Unused admissions numbers allocated to a particular region within the 122,000 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 reallocation.
Page 40 - Relief Operation (UNBRO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other...
Page 14 - People who have fled their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group and who cannot or do not want to return.
Page 95 - The 122,000 funded admissions shall be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States as described in the documentation presented to the Congress during the consultations that preceded this determination and in accordance with the following regional allocations; provided, however, that the number allocated to the East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States during FY...
Page 96 - ... 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. In accordance with section...
Page 99 - The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The...