Acting Assistant Secretary Traveling to Georgia, Turkey

Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
March 2, 2012

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Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) David Robinson will travel to Georgia and Turkey from March 5–9.

On March 5-7, Ambassador Robinson will visit various PRM-funded assistance projects in Georgia and meet with Georgian officials responsible for displaced and refugee issues.

From March 8-9, Ambassador Robinson will travel to Istanbul, where he will visit our Resettlement Support Center that prepares refugee applicants for U.S. resettlement consideration and will attend a cultural orientation class for refugees bound for the United States. He will also meet with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and local Turkish non-governmental organizations supporting refugees and with refugees themselves.

For more information, please contact Deborah Sisbarro, 202 453-9339, or PRM-Press-DL@state.gov.

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