In a White House memo, President Joe Biden announced the planned refugee admissions for FY 2023 and the allocation by region. In the memo, Biden states that the United States would admit up to 125,000 refugees in FY 2023.
The admissions will be allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States as follows:
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000
East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . 15,000
Latin America/Caribbean . . . . . . 15,000
Near East/South Asia . . . . . . . . 35,000
Unallocated Reserve . . . . . . . . . 5,000
The 5,000 unallocated refugee numbers shall be allocated to regional ceilings as needed.
Additionally, the memo states that for FY 2023, the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States within their countries of nationality or habitual residence:
a. Persons in Cuba;
b. Persons in Eurasia and the Baltics;
c. Persons in Iraq;
d. Persons in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras; and
e. In certain circumstances, persons identified by a United States Embassy in any location.