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Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

U.S. State Department division

Field	Value
agency_name	Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
type	bureau
seal	US Department of State official seal.svg
seal_width	120px
seal_caption	Seal of the United States Department of State
formed
preceding1	Bureau of Refugee Programs
jurisdiction	Executive branch of the United States
employees	225 (FY 2016)
budget	$3.1 billion (FY 2015)
chief1_name	Spencer Chretien
chief1_position	Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
parent_department	U.S. Department of State
website

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.

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.

Organization

The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is divided into unique offices.

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

(February 8, 2017). "Inspection of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration". [[Inspector General of the Department of State]].
Blinken, Antony. (October 4, 2024). "On the Retirement of Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes".
(July 11, 2025). "Rubio's Cuts at State Department Demote Longtime U.S. Values". [[New York Times]].
(June 7, 2012). "1 FAM 520 Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)". [[U.S. Department of State]].
(September 2014). "State Department Student Internship Brochure". U.S. Department of State, [[Bureau of Human Resources]].

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