Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
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| formed = {{Start date and years ago|1993}}
| preceding1 = Bureau of Refugee Programs
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| jurisdiction = Executive branch of the United States
| employees = 225 (FY 2016){{cite web|title=Inspection of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration|url=https://oig.state.gov/reports/10036|publisher=Inspector General of the Department of State|date=February 8, 2017|accessdate=February 23, 2018}}
| budget = $3.1 billion (FY 2015)
| chief1_name = Spencer Chretien
| chief1_position = Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
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The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.
It has primary responsibility for formulating policies on population, refugees, and migration, and for administering U.S. refugee assistance and admissions programs. The Bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration and the official currently acting in this capacity is PRM Acting Assistant Secretary Marta C. Youth. Youth has headed PRM since former Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes retired from the Foreign Service on October 4, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Blinken |first=Antony |date=October 4, 2024 |title=On the Retirement of Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-retirement-of-assistant-secretary-julieta-valls-noyes/ |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=Department of State}}
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) provides aid for and seeks to enhance the protection of refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, and manages the US Refugee Admissions Program to resettle refugees in the United States. PRM is a major funder of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other aid groups. PRM also promotes the United States' population and migration policies in international fora and with other governments.
PRM's principal authorities derive from statutes, including the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 and the Refugee Act of 1980.
History
The bureau's predecessor, the Bureau of Refugee Programs, began in late-1979. In 1993, the bureau added population issues to its portfolio, and the bureau was changed into its current form, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
On July 11, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio began shutting down the bureau.{{cite web|title=Rubio’s Cuts at State Department Demote Longtime U.S. Values|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/politics/trump-state-department-layoffs.html|publisher=New York Times|date=July 11, 2025|accessdate=July 13, 2025}}
Organization
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is divided into unique offices.{{cite web|title=1 FAM 520 Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/84199.pdf|work=Foreign Affairs Manual|publisher=U.S. Department of State|date=June 7, 2012|accessdate=January 30, 2016}}{{cite web|title=State Department Student Internship Brochure|url=https://careers.state.gov/uploads/dd/ed/dded53753df70409565b519d425f992c/Student-Internship-Brochure-Sept-2014.pdf|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Human Resources|date=September 2014|accessdate=December 10, 2015}}
- Front Office
- Office of the Comptroller
- Office of the Executive Director
- Office of Policy and Resource Planning
- Office of Public and Congressional Affairs
- Office of Multilateral Coordination and External Relations
- Communicates U.S. policy in multilateral organizations, including UNHCR, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Organization for Migration
- Office of Refugee Admissions
- Refugee Processing Center
- Office of Population and International Migration
- Represents the United States in the United Nations Population Fund and the UN Commission on Population and Development
- Office of Assistance for Africa
- Office of Assistance for Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas
- Office of Assistance for Asia and the Near East
References
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External links
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Category:Refugees in the United States