Bureau Home Bureau Home About Us Leadership Key Topics Funding Opportunities Research and Resources Remarks and Releases HomeBureaus & Offices > Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights ...Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration hide Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Subscribe Our Mission The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) is the humanitarian bureau of the State Department. PRM promotes U.S. interests by providing protection, easing suffering, and resolving the plight of persecuted and forcibly displaced people around the world. We do this by coordinating humanitarian policy and diplomacy, providing life-sustaining assistance, working with multilateral organizations to build global partnerships, and promoting best practices in humanitarian response. Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes Follow Us: Twitter Facebook Instagram Secretary Blinken Announces Launch of the Welcome Corps Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announces Launch of the Welcome Corps The Latest March 27, 2023 PRM-UNHCR Framework Agreement for Cooperation for 2023-2025 On March 27, 2023, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration signed the 2023-2025 Framework for Cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). PRM and UNHCR have been working in partnership through a Framework for Cooperation since the year 2000 to provide protection, humanitarian assistance, and facilitate durable solutions […] March 15, 2024 Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Ethiopia and Chad March 10, 2024 Under Secretary Zeya’s Travel to Canada March 9, 2024 CARE Coordinator Tekach’s Travel to Texas See All Key Topics Humanitarian Assistance Overseas Refugee Admissions Policy Issues Humanitarian Assistance Overseas PRM supports efforts to protect and assist refugees and vulnerable migrants around the world. We maintain our enduring humanitarian commitments by working to assist refugees and other displaced people as close to their home countries as possible until they can safely and voluntarily return. Learn More About Humanitarian Assistance by Region Humanitarian Assistance Overseas Refugee Admissions On September 27, the Department of State, together with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Health and Human Services, submitted the President’s Report to Congress on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2024. Following consultation with Congress, the Presidential Determination (PD 2023-13) on Refugee Admissions was signed by the President on September 29. The PD authorizes the admission of up to 125,000 refugees in FY 2024. Learn More About The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Refugee Admissions Policy Issues Through humanitarian diplomacy and close work with foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, PRM supports protection and assistance to ease the suffering of the most vulnerable around the world, seeks durable solutions to their plight and contributes to broader USG and international efforts to resolve conflicts that cause displacement. The U.S. leads the world as the largest single humanitarian donor. We expect others to help share in the burden and responsibility of assisting refugees and other displaced people. Learn More About Our Specific Policies Policy Issues