Citizenship and Immigration committee  Hello. I'm Jennifer Irish. I'm the director for asylum policy and programs at Citizenship and Immigration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There was also a spike in the late nineties and that led to a backlog reduction strategy that was pursued by the board around 2002 to 2004. There have been various times where the flow of asylum claimants has been above the 25,000 mark.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the data with me to make that conclusion.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The UNHCR indicates that you can have a designated country of origin process as long as it's based on verifiable and objective information. It does recognize that one consequence of designation can be expedited processing. In order to meet the criteria as outlined by the UNHCR,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, of course.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Almost all EU countries have a safe country of origin procedure—it's called safe country of origin in most other countries. Australia and New Zealand also have such processes. In each case they operate a bit differently in terms of how countries are defined, but in most cases, th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Not many countries make the distinction between a mass arrival and mass irregular arrivals. In Europe, most of them get these mass irregular arrivals, but not necessarily by sea. Many European countries also have some form of mandatory detention. For example, the U.K. is one that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'd be pleased to answer any technical questions related to the amendment. We do find it a little bit confusing the way it's worded, but we'd be prepared to answer any questions if there should be particular technical issues that need to be brought forward. We would like clarif

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll ask Monique Frison to speak for the department.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I would ask Warren Woods to address the question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. I believe this one was inadvertently presented along with the last technical amendment. For clarification, it makes it clear in legislation that it's the last risk decision that provokes the bar on H and C. That could be either the RPD for DCO claiman

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chairperson. Yes, I confirm that the effect of this amendment is to ensure that if you have lost your protected person status as a PR as a result of changed country circumstances, then you would not be made inadmissible after your PR status has been revoked. Thank yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As cessation criteria, it's recognized that if you have acquired your permanent residency through the refugee determination system, and you have since acquired another nationality, that is a recognized ground for cessation under UN conventions. That's reflected in Canadian legisl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll refer that to our legal counsel, Matthew Oommen.