Asylum

A joint resolution to designate October 30, 1990, as "Refugee Day".

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1990

Designates October 30, 1990, as Refugee Day.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991, supplemental appropriations for "Operation Desert Shield" for the fiscal year 1990, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990

Title I: Continuing Appropriations - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 for projects or activities provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Provides for the continuation of projects or activities when the House of Representatives and the Senate differ in amounts or authority. Makes appropriations as necessary for: (1) projects or activities under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) projects or activities under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) projects or activities under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; and (4) the Aerostat Program of the U.S. Customs Service. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under the Defense Appropriations Act, 1990 for: (1) new production of items not funded in FY 1990 or prior fiscal years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY 1990 funds; (3) other specified activities not funded or authorized during FY 1990 (except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield); (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later; and (5) procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation in excess of the current rate or the estimate for FY 1991, whichever is lower, except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to initiate or resume any activity for which funds were not available during FY 1990. Makes funds available under this Act until the earliest of: (1) October 20, 1990; (2) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; or (3) enactment of the applicable appropriations without any provision for such project or activity. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991. Makes certain prohibitions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 inapplicable with respect to assistance to Egypt. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for purposes of determining the amount of Medicare payments made to a hospital for the costs of inpatient hospital services for discharges occurring between October 1 and October 20, 1990, to apply the area wage index applicable to such hospital as of September 30, 1990. Amends the Social Security Act to extend the period through which certain discharges occur to October 20, 1990, for purposes of calculating inpatient hospital service payments on the basis of prospective rates. Title II: Supplemental Appropriations for Operation Desert Shield - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for specified branches of the armed forces for: (1) military and reserve personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) other procurement; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) the Defense Stock Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept gifts for use by the Department of Defense to finance operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula relating to Operation Desert Shield. Provides for the deposit of any proceeds from such gifts in the National Defense Gift Fund. Permits the President, when exercising the authority to order the Selected Reserve to active duty, to extend the period of such order an additional 180 days (currently, 90 days) in the case of operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Operation Desert Shield. Makes supplemental appropriations for the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

Designating October 30, 1990, as "Refugee Day".

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990

Designates October 30, 1990, as Refugee Day.

To authorize appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance for fiscal years 1991 and 1992, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990

Authorizes FY 1991 and 1992 appropriations for specified refugee and entrant assistance activities. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to make specified annual refugee admissions and oversight determinations by June 1.

Refugee Repayment Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990

Refugee Repayment Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require refugees to repay one-half of the average annual Federal refugee cost. Exempts disabled or elderly refugees from such requirement. Prohibits an alien from being deported or denied naturalization for failure to make such repayment. Grants "special immigrant" status to certain refugees who have made such payments to the Treasury.

Expressing the strong disapproval of the Government of Malaysia's denial of first asylum to Indochinese asylum seekers, that United States tourists and businesses should consider Malaysia's policy of rejecting Indochinese refugees when making travel or business plans, and urging the President to take certain actions with respect to such policy.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990

Expresses disapproval of Malaysia's denial of first asylum to Indochinese refugees. Urges U.S. citizens to consider Malaysia's actions when making business or travel decisions. Welcomes the cooperation of the Government of Indonesia in providing asylum to refugees who have been turned away by Malaysia. Urges the President to: (1) make available resources to assist the Indonesian Government in bearing this burden; and (2) consider additional measures to communicate concern on this issue to Malaysia or other nations that deny first asylum to such refugees.

A resolution relating to Asylum Rights for Refugees from Vietnam.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States oppose any qualifications or limitations proposed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on first asylum rights to political refugees from Vietnam; (2) the President initiate efforts to designate a temporary holding center for Vietnamese refugees unwilling to return to Vietnam; and (3) the President secure agreement of international parties that occupants of the holding center will not have to return to Vietnam until Vietnamese political conditions improve to the extent that they will not be persecuted or they voluntarily go back to their homeland.

Concerning United States policy regarding the issue of Vietnamese asylum seekers.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990

Declares that the United States should: (1) agree that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to proceed with mandatory repatriation of non-refugee Vietnamese asylum seekers, provided that the Commissioner upholds the integrity of the screening program and guarantees that safeguards for the protection and well-being of the returnees exist; (2) reserve the right to insist that mandatory repatriation be a choice of last resort and that it occur only if safeguards are in place; (3) not try to impede an orderly repatriation plan if there is in place in each first asylum country a credible screening program for determining refugee status and that asylum seekers are apprised of their rights and options; (4) not try to proscribe orderly repatriation as a remedy, provided that efforts have been made to exhaust lists of those who would return voluntarily and that involuntary repatriation is planned as carefully as possible; (5) accede to orderly repatriation if Vietnam gives specified assurances concerning the treatment and rights of returnees; and (6) adhere to commitments to resettle substantial numbers of eligible refugees. States that conciliation on such matters does not lessen revulsion for the harm done by Malaysia and Hong Kong and U.S. resolve to find sanctions if there is not a cessation of boat "pushbacks" and checks on other cruelty within refugee camps.

Making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for assistance to Panama and Nicaragua and for refugee assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990

Title I: Supplemental Appropriations Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for economic support fund assistance for Panama and Nicaragua. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for: (1) debt-for-nature swaps and immediate environmental needs in Panama; (2) the voluntary demobilization, repatriation, and resettlement of members of the Nicaraguan Resistance and their families (provides such assistance only to members who are abiding by the cease-fire agreement and the Toncontin Agreement); (3) environmental activities in Nicaragua; and (4) administrative expenses incurred by the Agency for International Development. Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for emergency refugee admissions and assistance. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for refugees resettling in Israel. Makes available an equitable amount of such funds for Pentecostals, Evangelicals, and Baptists to fund the existing refugee admissions numbers for the Soviet Union unless such numbers could be reallocated in this fiscal year to allow funding and admission of this group. Title II: General Provisions - Makes funds available under this Act notwithstanding prohibitions on assistance to countries in default on foreign assistance repayments and specified restrictions on foreign assistance appropriations.

Regarding the protection and promotion of basic human rights in Malawi.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990

Commends the Malawian Government's response to the influx of refugees from Mozambique. Condemns the abuse of human rights of Malawian citizens and urges President Banda to bring an end to torture and abuse of prisoners and permit them to have access to families and lawyers. Calls upon the Government of Malawi to release persons held for the nonviolent expression of political views. Requests the Malawian Government to investigate reports of the death of Fred Sikwese and to permit human rights organizations to conduct investigatory missions. Calls upon the Secretary of State to convey concern about human rights abuses and urge President Banda to free prisoners of conscience and permit freedom of association and speech. Requests the Secretary to make assistance to Malawi conditional on improvement in human rights and to channel such assistance through nongovernmental organizations to development programs.

Convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) concerning aid to refugees in the countries of the Near East

European Union · EUR-Lex · 23 April 1990

90/222/EEC: Council Decision of 23 April 1990 on the conclusion of the Convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) concerning aid to refugees in the countries of the Near East

European Union · EUR-Lex · 23 April 1990

projet de loi modifiant la loi n° 52-893 du 25 juillet 1952 portant création d'un Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides

France · Senate · 4 April 1990

Condemning the deliberate and systematic human rights violations by the Government of Iraq.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Condemns the Government of Iraq for its forced resettlement program of Kurdish and Assyrian villages, its human rights violations, and its covenants. Urges the Government of Iraq to: (1) allow international relief personnel access to the Kurdish inhabited areas of northern Iraq; and (2) extend to all people in Iraq certain fundamental rights. Calls upon the Secretary of State to continue to: (1) encourage the Government of Iraq to implement human rights reforms and to establish a multiparty democracy; (2) call attention to human rights violations in international fora; (3) cooperate with other governments to focus attention on the situation in Iraq; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, refugee and humanitarian assistance for those Kurds who have been forced to flee their homeland and promote international efforts to address the needs of the refugees.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States military assistance for the Republic of Liberia and human rights abuses in Liberia.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990

Condemns the recent violence against unarmed civilians in Nimba County, Liberia. Calls upon all parties to the conflict to comply with provisions of the Geneva Convention which establish the right of noncombatants to humane treatment. Urges the President to: (1) convey to the Government of Liberia U.S. concerns about human rights abuses in Liberia since 1980; (2) urge such Government to quickly resolve the conflict in a manner which permits Liberian refugees to return to their homes; (3) support efforts to meet humanitarian needs of such refugees in neighboring countries; (4) bar U.S. military advisors from accompanying Liberian troops in fighting the insurgency in Nimba County; and (5) consider recent events in such County in making the assessment related to human rights required under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990. Sets forth conditions for resumption of military assistance to Liberia in the event that the suspension of foreign assistance is no longer required under provisions restricting assistance to countries in default on foreign assistance loans. Calls on the Liberian Government to honor its commitment to hold scheduled elections in 1991 and to ensure a free and fair election process.

A bill to amend the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, to increase the total amount of commitments which may be made to finance projects for housing and infrastructure in Israel for Soviet refugees, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990

Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to raise the ceiling on the amount of commitments to guarantee loans for housing and other credit guaranty programs. Earmarks a specified amount of such guaranty funds for housing and infrastructure for Soviet refugees in Israel. Exempts such funds from: (1) requirements under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to guaranties for housing projects in Israel; and (2) guarantee fees provided for in such Act. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to raise the ceiling on the amount available for worldwide housing guaranties under such Act.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the admission of refugees to the United States in fiscal year 1991.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should accept more than 125,000 refugees in FY 1991; (2) part of such increase should be allotted to Soviet refugees; and (3) the United States should provide funds for all FY 1991 refugees.