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CLINTON ADMINISTRATION REVERSES POSITION AND ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN REFUGEE NUMBERS
The Clinton administration has announced it refugee admissions numbers for Fiscal Year 1998 which began on October 1, 1997. An earlier proposal would have only allocated 78,000 slots. The increase of 5,000 slots has been entirely allocated toward Europe. The refugee slots are allocated as follows: 
Africa - 7,000 
East Europe - 14,000 
Europe - 51,000 
Latin America/Caribbean - 4,000 
Near East/South Asia - 4,000 
Unallocated - 3,000 
No explanation for the increase was offered, but the increase in numbers for Europe should address recent criticisms by Jewish organizations over cuts in the number of slot available to Jews and Evangelical Christians from the former Soviet Union. < Back | Next >
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