Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs

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Title 3--
The President

Presidential Determination No. 2021-11 of August 16,
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 $500 million from the United
States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee
and migration needs of refugees, victims of conflict,
and other persons at risk as a result of the situation
in Afghanistan, including applicants for Special
Immigrant Visas. Such assistance may be provided on a
bilateral or multilateral basis as appropriate,
including through contributions to international
organizations and through funding to other
nongovernmental organizations, governments, and United
States departments and agencies.

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, August 17, 2021