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What is the Bureau's role?
The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) provides aid and sustainable solutions for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, through repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in the United States. PRM also promotes the United States' population and migration policies.
Who is a refugee?
A refugee is a person who has been forced from his or her home and crossed an international border for safety. He or she must have a well-founded fear of persecution in his or her native country, on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
How does the Bureau deliver assistance?
The. U.S. government provides assistance largely through the multilateral system in order to maximize impact and minimize duplication. Our major partners include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).
-In FY2008, PRM commissioned an external evaluation of the Bureau's support for refugee return and reintegration programs in Burundi. Please click here for text or PDF to see the summary evaluation report. For a copy of the full report, please contact us.
-Two PRM Bureau officers write about the U.S. government’s concern for stateless populations in this article from Forced Migration Review (FMR). FMR is a magazine published by the Refugee Studies Centre of the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. April 2009 Issue
-Julia Taft Fund: Helping Refugees Recover and Thrive
-U.S. Gives $9.3 Million to Help Displaced Pakistanis (Apr. 2)
-U.S. Contributes More Than $150 Million to Help Displaced Iraqis (Mar. 20)
-Funding Opportunity Guidelines
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Targeting the Prevention Of and Response To Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (SEA)
Deadline: Thursday, June 4, 2009, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) (EDT)
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Chad
Deadline: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 12 p.m. (noon) (EDT)
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO programs benefiting Tibetan refugees in South Asia
Deadline: Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT).
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Refugee Emergency Housing Assistance Funding
Deadline: May 21, 2009 at 12:00 (noon) p.m. (EDT).
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 PRM Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs in Sudan Benefiting Southern Sudanese Refugees, Refugee Returnees and Receiving Communities
Proposal submission deadline: Wednesday May 13, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Funding Opportunity Announcement for proposals for the Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) in Vienna, Austria
Deadline: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT).
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 PRM Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs in Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Deadline: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Funding Opportunity Announcement for proposals for the Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) in Bangkok, Thailand
Deadline: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT).
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs in the North and South Caucasus benefiting Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT).
-Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 PRM Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Yemen
Deadline: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. (EDT).
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