Website Official Website Number of employees 120 (2006) | Founded 1993 Annual budget 997 million USD (2005) | |
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Formed 1993; 24 years ago (1993) Preceding bureau Bureau of Refugee Programs Jurisdiction Executive branch of the United States Bureau executive Simon Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (Acting) Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States Profiles | ||
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.
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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. The Acting Assistant Secretary for the bureau is Simon Henshaw.
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 Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard was confirmed on March 29, 2012.
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 1980. 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.
Organization
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is divided into nine unique offices.