Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

Presidential Determination No. 2021-08 of June 11, 2021

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1))
(MRAA), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1)
of the MRAA, that it is important to the national
interest to furnish assistance under the MRAA in an
amount not to exceed $46 million from the United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the
purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and
migration needs, including through contributions to
international organizations by the Bureau of
Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department
of State, related to the humanitarian needs of
vulnerable refugees and migrants in Central America and
third countries in the region.

You are authorized and directed to submit this
determination to the Congress, along with the
accompanying Justification, and to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, June 11, 2021