Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Libya

Presidential Determination No. 2011-8 of March 7, 2011

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs
Related to Libya

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act of 1962 (the ``Act''), as amended, (22
U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section
2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the
national interest to furnish assistance under the Act,
in an amount not to exceed $15 million from the United
States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund,
for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent
refugee and migration needs, including by contributions
to international, governmental, and nongovernmental
organizations and payment of administrative expenses of
the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of
the Department of State, related to the humanitarian
crisis resulting from the violence in Libya.

You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, March 7, 2011