The White House has announced that President Joe Biden has earmarked $46 million to meet the “unexpected urgent” needs of “vulnerable refugees and migrants in Central America and third countries in the region.” A portion of the funds will be channeled to international organizations by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, the White House said in a statement Friday. The money comes from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, established by the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, which gave the president discretion to use it “for any emergency situation involving unexpected refugee and migration needs, whenever and wherever it occurs,” according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). While the White House did not specify which international organizations will receive the funds nor what specific programs will be supported, a recent report from the International Rescue Committee urged the Biden administration to boost funding …