What is PRM?
PRM is common shorthand for the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. Working closely with international governments and NGOs as well as USAID, PRM is responsible for administering hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to refugees around the world. It is also central in the formulation, inter-agency coordination, and administration of policies which resettle refugees to the United States. The Bureau was headed by Ellen Sauerbrey until her resignation took effect in mid- January 2008. It is currently led by Acting Assistant Secretary of State Samuel Witten. The State Department’s special coordinator for Iraqi refugee affairs is Ambassador James Foley.
