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The State Department also has a huge impact on refugees and those seeking asylum — the millions of people each year who are displaced by war, famine, and civil and political unrest or those who are escaping persecution and the risk of death and torture in their home countries.

The difference between those seeking asylum and refugee admission is important. A refugee is someone who is living outside the United States and outside their home country who petitions the U.S. government for lawful permanent residence in order to escape intolerable conditions in their home country. An asylum-seeker is someone already in the United States or someone seeking admission at a U.S. entry point when they apply to the U.S. government for permission to stay.