PRM develops and implements U.S. policies on international population, refugee and migration matters. The office advances U.S. humanitarian principles by providing assistance to victims of persecution and civil strife. PRM also administers the U.S. refugee admissions program that processes and resettles refugees in the United States.

  • Office of the Comptroller (PRM/C): responsible for the overall financial management worldwide of the bureau’s program appropriations for migration, refugee assistance, protection and admissions activities, including contributions and other funding arrangements with United Nations and other international organizations and in the preparation and execution of grants and cooperative agreements with U.S. and foreign nonprofit voluntary agencies and on behalf of other federal agencies.
  • Office of Policy and Resource Planning (PRM/PRP): develops and ensures consistent implementation of policy on international refugee, migration, and other humanitarian issues, including coordination with other U.S. Government agencies.
  • Office of Multilateral Coordination and External Relations (PRM/MCE): plans, formulates, and directs the implementation of U.S. policy positions and strategies that address the full range of refugee, migration and other humanitarian issues in the UN system and in other multilateral organizations including the UNHCR, International Committee for the Red Cross, and International Organization for Migration. The office develops and implements bureau initiatives on strategic global priority issues including refugee women, refugee children, gender-based violence and broader protection issues as they relate to the multilateral system.
  • Office of Refugee Admissions (PRM/A): formulates refugee admissions policy and programs for the U.S. Government, manages the U.S. refugee admissions program, including processing abroad and domestic initial reception and placement, and establishes program policies and priorities and recommends annual regional ceilings for authorization by the President in consultation with the Congress.
  • Office of Population and International Migration (PRM/PIM): directs State’s international population and migration policy formulation and implementation in order to further the Department’s goal of promoting healthy and educated populations and supporting orderly and humane migration. They represent the United States on the governing bodies of relevant international and multilateral organizations such as the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Commission on Population and Development (UNCPD).
  • Offices of Refugee Assistance: The Offices of Refugee Assistance are broken up based on respective geographical areas.
    • Office of Assistance for Africa (PRM/AFR): is responsible for all countries located on the continent of Africa.
    • Office of Assistance for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas (PRM/ECA): is responsible for the countries located in Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas.
    • Office of Assistance for Asia and Near East (PRM/ANE): is responsible for the countries in Asia and the Pacific as well as the Near East (to include the Middle East); it also coordinates U.S. policy and program issues related to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).