Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

Global Challenge of Statelessness:

Date: 08/30/2010 Description: World Map depicting the global challenge of statelessness. - State Dept Image

This information graphic produced by the Department’s Humanitarian Information Unit with the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is the latest in our continuing efforts to create awareness about the global challenge of statelessness. Full Size Map»

Date: 11/09/2009 Description: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric P. Schwartz watches as Palestinian girls work with the computers at the inauguration of a USG-funded UNRWA school in Zarqa, Jordan - State Dept Image

What is the Bureau's role?

The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) provides aid and sustainable solutions for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, through repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in the United States. PRM also promotes the United States' population and migration policies.

 

Date: 03/10/2006 Description: Rohingya Children in School at Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. [Hoa Tran] - State Dept ImageWho is a refugee?

A refugee is a person who has been forced from his or her home and crossed an international border for safety. He or she must have a well-founded fear of persecution in his or her native country, on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

 

  

Date: 09/01/2009 Description: Sudanese refugee girl awaiting resettlement to the U.S., Abeche, Eastern Chad. [Geoffrey Parker] - State Dept ImageHow does the Bureau deliver assistance?

The. U.S. government provides assistance largely through the multilateral system in order to maximize impact and minimize duplication. Our major partners include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).




World Humanitarian Day

Assistant Secretary Schwartz (Aug. 18): "[W]e observe World Humanitarian Day which was established by the UN to pay tribute to aid efforts on behalf of victims of conflict and natural disasters and to honor the memory of the more than 700 humanitarian relief workers worldwide who have lost their lives in service over the past decade." Full Text» Secretary Clinton's Statement»