1 FAM 520
BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION (PRM)
(CT:ORG-271; 06-07-2012)
(Office of Origin: PRM/EX)
1 FAM 521 ASSISTANT SECRETARY
(CT:ORG-132; 07-30-2004)
The Department of State through the Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM):
(1) Directs the Departments population, refugee and
migration policy development;
(2) Determines the level of U.S. contributions to
international organizations for humanitarian assistance and protection-related
programs and participates on governing bodies of international organizations to
ensure effective use of U.S. funds;
(3) Recommends the number of refugees to be admitted
annually to the United States to the President and directs programs for
selection, processing, and transportation of refugees to be admitted to the United States;
(4) Issues contracts, cooperative agreements, and
grants to voluntary organizations to provide life-sustaining assistance and
protection to refugees, conflict victims, and migrants;
(5) Oversees efforts to encourage greater
participation in refugee assistance and resettlement on the part of foreign
governments;
(6) Guides the activities of refugee assistance
offices at U.S. diplomatic missions and of U.S. missions to international
organizations concerned with refugee assistance, protection, and resettlement;
and
(7) Uses humanitarian diplomacy to increase access and
assistance to those in need in the absence of political solutions; highlights
the humanitarian impact of military and political action; and works with
partners to ensure transition from relief to development.
1 FAM 521.1 Responsibilities
(CT:ORG-271; 06-07-2012)
The Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees,
and Migration (PRM):
(1) Has responsibility for formulating, implementing,
managing, and evaluating U.S. population, refugee, and migration policies and
programs under the overall direction and coordination of the Under Secretary for
Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights
(J);
(2) Determines the level of U.S. contributions to
international organizations for humanitarian assistance and protection and
reviews their activities to ensure effective use of U.S. funds;
(3) Directs programs for the selection, processing,
and transportation, initial reception and placement of refugees to be admitted
to the United States, and the issuance of contracts, cooperative agreements,
and grants to voluntary organizations to assist refugees;
(4) Oversees efforts to encourage greater
participation in refugee assistance and resettlement on the part of foreign
governments;
(5) Leads Departments response to humanitarian
crises, coordinates policy and programs, serves as the Departments
humanitarian focal point. Responsible for humanitarian crisis planning and
response;
(6) Guides the activities of refugee assistance
officers at U.S. diplomatic missions and of U.S. missions to international
organizations concerned with refugee assistance, protection, and resettlement;
and
(7) PRM has substantive and coordinating
responsibility for 1
FAM 520, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).
1 FAM 521.2 Organization
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
See 1 FAM 521
Exhibit 521.1 for an organization chart of PRM.
1 FAM 521.3 Authorities
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
derives its authority from the following:
(1) Presidential Directive 1945;
(2) Displaced Persons Act of 1948;
(3) Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as
amended;
(4) Attorney General Parole Authority 1965;
(5) Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212);
(6) Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962;
(7) Executive Order 13276 (November 15, 2002);
(8) Department of State Basic Authorities Act, as
amended; and
(9) Department of State Authorization Acts.
1 FAM 522 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
(CT:ORG-132; 07-30-2004)
a. The bureau has three deputy assistant secretaries
reporting to the Assistant Secretary, who determines and assigns their duties.
b. The Assistant Secretary designates one of the deputy
assistant secretaries as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, with such
commensurate responsibilities as the Assistant Secretary delegates.
c. Office directors report to the Assistant Secretary
through the deputy assistant secretary as the Assistant Secretary designates.
1 FAM 523 OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER
(PRM/C)
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
The Office of the Comptroller (PRM/C):
(1) Is responsible for the overall financial
management worldwide of the bureaus 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;
(2) Ensures accurate accounting for the obligation and
liquidation of all bureau funds and reviews and approves payments, analyzes financial
reports, and implements financial audit recommendations;
(3) Administratively closes all cooperative agreements
and determines final costs;
(4) Coordinates audits and inspections performed
abroad by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the General Accounting
Office (GAO) on an array of PRM-funded activities; and
(5) Coordinates and manages International Organization
for Migration (IOM) and voluntary agency program efforts to collect refugee
transportation repayments.
1 FAM 524 OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR (PRM/EX)
(CT:ORG-132; 07-30-2004)
The Office of the Executive Director (PRM/EX):
(1) Provides executive direction and support to the
bureau for all administrative services, including:
(a) Human resources management, career development and
counseling, assignments abroad, reassignments and transfers, training, employee
services, performance and evaluation, employee benefits and retirement;
(b) Financial management, administrative budget;
(c) Information technology (IT) operations, development,
management analysis, reporting; and
(d) General services, mail and communication, space
allocation, procurement, requisitions, telecommunication systems, travel
policies, security (including emergency planning), imprest funds, and special
projects;
(2) Oversees implementation of the performance
appraisal systems, providing guidance and monitoring effectiveness;
(3) Acts as coordinator and liaison with various
bureau offices to provide awareness and assistance regarding overall Department
and bureau administrative requirements;
(4) Develops and administers policies and control
procedures for con-tract manpower resources;
(5) Administers a positive program of equal
opportunity and affirmative action for all persons in accordance with
Department and other pertinent policies; and
(6) Serves as bureau coordinator for internal
controls, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and General Accounting Office
(GAO) audits and inspections, and other reporting requirements.
1 FAM 525 OFFICE OF POLICY AND RESOURCE
PLANNING (PRM/PRP)
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
The Office of Policy and Resource Planning (PRM/PRP):
(1) Develops and ensures consistent implementation of
policy on international refugee, migration, and other humanitarian issues
including coordination with other U.S. Government agencies;
(2) Represents the bureau in the Departments
strategic planning process including preparation of the bureau performance
plan;
(3) Plans, formulates and justifies the annual program
budget for the Migration and Refugee Assistance account and for the Emergency
Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund (ERMA), and prepares recommendations to
the President for the use of ERMA and for Congressional reprogramming and
notification actions;
(4) Manages the bureaus policy and program review
system, ensuring consistent implementation and linkages of policy and resource
allocation;
(5) Coordinates budget-related activities with other
Department of State bureaus and U.S. Government agencies;
(6) Directs and guides the bureaus monitoring and
evaluation activities to ensure appropriate use of resources;
(7) Chairs Emergency Response Working Group for the
bureau;
(8) Directs policy development on civil/military
humanitarian affairs;
1 FAM 526 OFFICE OF MULTILATERAL
COORDINATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS (PRM/MCE)
(CT:ORG-132; 07-30-2004)
The Office of Multilateral Coordination and External
Relations (PRM/MCE):
(1) 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:
(a) UN High Commissioner for Refugees;
(b) International Committee of the Red Cross; and
(c) International Organization for Migration;
(2) Coordinates and conducts U.S. relations with other governments and with multilateral refugee and migration
organizations on management and institutional humanitarian policy issues;
(3) Conducts Congressional relations activities for
the bureau;
(4) Conducts bureau liaison with nongovernmental
organizations;
(5) Conducts public affairs and public diplomacy
functions for the bureau; and
(6) 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.
1 FAM 527 OFFICE OF REFUGEE ADMISSIONS
(PRM/A)
(CT:ORG-132; 07-30-2004)
The Office of Refugee Admissions (PRM/A):
(1) Formulates refugee admissions policy and programs
for the U.S. Government;
(2) Manages the U.S. refugee admissions program,
including processing abroad and domestic initial reception and placement;
(3) Establishes program policies and priorities and
recommends annual regional ceilings for authorization by the President in
consultation with the Congress;
(4) Serves as primary liaison with State Department
regional bureaus, other U.S. Government agencies (particularly the Department
of Homeland Security [DHS], Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], the
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], and the Central Intelligence Agency
[CIA]) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on refugee admissions
issues;
(5) Provides oversight of the refugee-processing
infrastructure abroad administered by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
international organizations (IOs), and in-house embassy operations;
(6) Coordinates refugee processing policies and
activities with DHS/Citizenship and Immigration Services and HHS/Office of
Refugee Resettlement;
(7) Manages the program for the initial reception and
placement of refugees through national agencies that maintain a network of
affiliates throughout the United States;
(8) Provides oversight for the Refugee Processing
Center that manages the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS),
and manages the flow of refugee processing data between refugee processing
entities abroad and domestic refugee processing entities;
(9) Manages cultural orientation programs abroad to
provide a basic introduction to life in the United States through classroom
instruction and/or multimedia presentations and written materials;
(10) Provides liaison with state refugee coordinators
and local service providers regarding refugee placement in the United States; and
(11) Provides information to the public about the U.S. refugee admissions program.
1 FAM 528 OFFICE OF POPULATION and
International migration (PRM/PIM)
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
The Office of Population and International Migration
(PRM/PIM):
(1) Directs States international population and
migration policy formulation and implementation in order to further the
Departments goal of promoting healthy and educated populations and supporting
orderly and humane migration;
(2) Represents 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);
(3) Leads in international and regional fora to review
lessons learned, share best practices, and reexamine benchmarks and indicators
vital to monitoring global efforts to achieve a healthy and sustainable world
population, and to promote orderly migration;
(4) Works in close cooperation with the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID), international organizations, and
nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and the advocacy community on population and
migration policies;
(5) Works to increase national and international
awareness of population and migration issues and integrate these issues into
broader economic growth and sustainable development strategies;
(6) Develops and administers bureau migration policy
and programs, including regional and international migration dialogues,
migrants rights, migration management capacity-building activities and
programs providing protection and assistance to victims of trafficking in
persons; and
(7) Serves as the Departments secretariat for
Temporary Protected Status and participates in the Presidential Directive 27
(PD-27) process regarding migration.
1 FAM 529 OFFICES OF REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
a. There are three offices of refugee assistance with
responsibilities for their respective geographic areas:
(1) The Office of Assistance for Africa (PRM/AFR) is
responsible for all countries located on the continent of Africa;
(2) The 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; and
(3) The 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 Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
b. Each office performs the following functions related
to its particular geographical region(s):
(1) Develops policy within State and the
Administration, as appropriate, on refugee and humanitarian issues;
(2) Promotes U.S. interests by providing leadership
and guidance to international humanitarian organizations;
(3) Develops, plans, organizes and assists in the
implementation of immediate responses to specific humanitarian crises;
(4) Provides oversight and management, including
monitoring and evaluation of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
(PRM) contributions, for humanitarian assistance and protection activities that
are undertaken by international and nongovernmental organizations funded by the
bureau;
(5) Coordinates U.S. Government polices and funding
with other major donor countries;
(6) Monitors the protection of refugees in countries
of asylum, intervening when necessary to advocate in consultation with the
Office of the Legal Adviser adherence to international refugee law;
(7) Promotes voluntary repatriation, local
integration, or resettlement in third countries for refugees in countries of
asylum as durable solutions; and
(8) Provides guidance on humanitarian issues to
embassy refugee officers posted worldwide.
1 FAM 521 EXHIBIT 521.1
BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION (PRM)
(CT:ORG-162; 09-12-2006)
