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Proposed FY 1987 Admissions
NO. 179
Mr. Chairman, it is with this perspective that I now turn
to the refugee admissions ceilings that the President is
recommending for Fiscal Year 1987. For simplicity I will
present them in tabular form, as follows:
FY 1987 REFUGEE ADMISSIONS CEILING
Region
Africa
East Asia/First Asylum
East Asia/ Orderly Departure Program Doctorn Purone/Soviet Inion
Admission by Region
3,500 32,000
8,500
10.000
Latin America and the Caribbean Near East and South Asia
4,000
8,000
Subtotal
66,000
Unallocated Reserve for Refugee Admissions Needs
4,000
TOTAL
70,000
I should point out that this total is the same figure that
the administration proposed for FY 1986.
The Unallocated Admissions Reserve
This year, for the first time, the President's recommended
admissions ceiling includes an unfunded and unallocated reserve
of 4,000. This reserve is not tied to any geographic region
it would give the Administration the capability to respond to
contingent regional admissions needs. The reserve is similar
to the admissions reserves used by the other two major