| Fact Sheet Office of the Press Secretary Washington, DC October 26, 2001 Response to the Refugee Crisis in AfghanistanAfghan refugees and conflict victims have been receiving assistance from the United States since millions fled Afghanistan in 1979. In response to the recent crisis, the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has mobilized resources to support refugees through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) other UN agencies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC), to assist victims of conflict inside Afghanistan through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and to help migrants in Afghanistan through the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Total PRM assistance provided to these agencies for this crisis now totals $32.6 million. Most of these funds came from the President’s $25 million drawdown of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA) account.
Agency Amount Date (Mo, Yr) Purpose TOTAL PRM CONTRIBUTIONS $32.6 million October 25, 2001 Contingency Planning, Emergency Prep, Prepositioning UNHCR $4.0 million Sept 2001 $10.0 million Oct 2001 UNHCR TOTAL $14.0 million Emergency Prep, Pre-positioning Supplies for Refugees ICRC $6.5 million Oct 2001 ICRC TOTAL $6.5 million Emer. Response/Conflict Victims WFP $4.0 million Oct 2001 WFP TOTAL $4.0 million Logistics, Food Mgmt & Supply OCHA $0.5 million Sept 2001 $2.0 million Oct 2001 OCHA TOTAL $2.5 million Inter-agency Coordination UNFPA $0.6 million Oct 2001 UNFPA TOTAL $0.6 million IOM $2.0 million Oct 2001 IOM TOTAL $2.0 million Emer. Response to Migrants IFRC $3.0 million Oct 2001 IFRC TOTAL $3.0 million Contingency Planning & Prep Released on October 26, 2001 |
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