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White House Sets FY 2004 Refugee Numbers In a memo to Secretary of State Colin Powell, President Bush has authorized the admission of up to 70,000 refugees for Fiscal Year 2004. The memo includes the regional allocation of the admission numbers. The numbers by region are as follows: Africa . . . . . . . . . . 25,000 East Asia . . . . . . . . . 6,500 Europe and Central Asia . . 13,000 Latin America/Caribbean . . 3,500 Near East/South Asia . . . 2,000 Unallocated Reserve . . . . 20,000
The Department of Homeland Security has come under fire because though this past year 70,000 slots were also allocated, only 28,000 refugees were actually admitted, a fraction of the number admitted in recent years. Refugee advocates are urging Congress and the Administration to press DHS to use its resources to ensure that the US fulfills its commitments to process refugee cases.
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