THE WHITE HOUSE



                        Office of the Press Secretary

                           (Kansas City, Missouri)



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For Immediate Release                                    
August 16, 1999


August 12, 1999


Presidential Determination

No. 99-33





MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE



SUBJECT:       Emergency Presidential Determination on Additional 
               FY 99 Refugee Admissions Numbers Pursuant to 
               Section 207(b) of the Immigration and Nationality
               Act





In accordance with section 207(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (the "Act") (8 U.S.C. 1157(b)), and after appropriate
consultations with the Congress, I hereby determine that an unforeseen refugee
emergency exists in Europe, and that the admission to the United States of
Kosovar refugees in response to this emergency is justified by grave 
humanitarian concerns and is in the national interest.  The
admission of these refugees cannot be accomplished under the worldwide refugee 
admissions ceiling of 78,000 for Fiscal Year 1999, as authorized
in Presidential Determination 98-39 of September 30, 1998, and an
increase to 91,000 is warranted.  The revised regional allocations are 
as follows:



          Africa                              12,000

          East Asia                            9,000

          Europe                              61,000

          Latin America/Caribbean              3,000

          Near East/South Asia                 4,000

          Unallocated                          2,000



The provisions of Presidential Determination 98-39 are retained,
except to the extent superseded by this determination.



You are hereby directed to report this determination to the
Congress immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register.







                          WILLIAM J. CLINTON