US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM)U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ms. Anne C. Richard: A meeting with refugees in IstanbulUSA, 18 September 2012 - Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Anne C. Richard visited Istanbul to learn more about the situation of refugees in Turkey. At the Resettlement Support Center run by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), one of PRM's long-standing partners, she had the opportunity to meet with refugees from different countries and obtained an insight to ICMC's resettlement work in Turkey. Read more about Assistant Secretary of State Ms. Richard's experience on DipNote, the U.S. Department of State official blog.Read more< U.S. State Department Officials enjoy ICMC visit with refugees in IstanbulISTANBUL, 8 March 2012—ICMC’s Resettlement Support Center (RSC) for Turkey and the Middle East was honoured to receive the visit of Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), David Robinson, on March 8 and 9. Ambassador Robinson was accompanied by U.S. Consul General Frederic Kilner, PRM Deputy Director of the Office of Europe, Central Asia, and The Americas Nancy R. Iris, Refugee Coordinator Steven Ruken and PRM Program Officer Alden Greene.Read more< Combating gender-based violence (GBV) among urban refugees in MalaysiaGender Based Violence (GBV) takes many forms, including physical, verbal, and sexual abuse as well as deprivation techniques (financial, legal, psychological) designed to control and disempower the victims. The perpetrators can be spouses, parents, siblings, and members of the refugee community, employers, or authority figures, such as police or soldiers.Read more< Turkey ICMC joins US officials in promoting refugee resettlement to the USTURKEY, 5-13 November 2009—ICMC representatives join delegates from the US Department of State, the American embassy and the UN Refugee Agency in a field mission to promote and strengthen the US refugee resettlement process locally.Read more< ![]() |