President Obama has provided for up to 80,000 refugees to be admitted to the United States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. This includes persons admitted to the United States during FY 2011 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions program. Regional allocations are as follows: Africa: 15,000 East Asia: 19,000 Europe and Central Asia: 2,000 Latin America/Caribbean: 5,500 Near East/South Asia: 35,500 Unallocated Reserve: 3,000 The 3,000 unallocated refugee numbers will be allocated to regional ceilings as needed. The President has also specified that in FY 2011 the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States within their countries of nationality or habitual residence: a. Persons in Cuba b. Persons in the former Soviet Union c. Persons in Iraq d. In exceptional circumstances, persons identified by a United States Embassy in any location. Click here to read the Memorandum that was published in the Federal Register. http://blogs.ilw.com/deportationandremoval/2010/12/refugee-admissions-numbers-for-fy-2011.html |
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