Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025

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Federal RegisterOct 18, 2024
89 Fed. Reg. 83767 (Oct. 18, 2024)
Presidential Determination No. 2024-13 of September 30, 2024

Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2025

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the “Act”) (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions:

The admission of up to 125,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.

The admissions numbers shall be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the following regional allocations:

Africa 30,000-50,000
East Asia 10,000-20,000
Europe and Central Asia 2,000-3,000
Latin America/Caribbean 35,000-50,000
Near East/South Asia 30,000-45,000