Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That is information that would be very difficult to ascertain at the moment, but I read a very small line that the Assad government is trying to go back to protect those people. What that means is very difficult to understand. Are they able to? To what extent are they able to? Ar

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We don't know where the next fear will come for these people. It's very difficult to say who will be there to protect them, at this point.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As I mentioned to Mr. Cotler, that would be very difficult in our case because of the history. As I said, the majority of Armenians have left. Those who are able to leave are in Lebanon, they are in Canada, they're in the United States, in France, in South America. These are th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —the Associated Press—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I got that information from the Associated Press, but anything that I referred to is referred to on the CBC, in The Guardian, and the American State Department has made a statement, and The Atlantic in the United States, a respected paper. So this is international press; it's no

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm only going to take your last question because that's my area. Armenians are always used to keeping their head down, working hard, and not getting involved in politics. That is our nature and that is our history. So that's been very easy to do for an Armenian.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Or did you want to ask how we could direct aid directly to the Armenians?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The simple answer would be that Armenians have a great diaspora and we are very connected. The diaspora has sustained many of our older communities, our churches, our schools, our hospitals, our old age homes. These are all financed by contributions of worldwide Armenians. So the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  From my perspective as an Armenian, a Canadian Armenian, I see this as a subgroup within that larger group. This group has already, as I mentioned in my notes...this is the third expulsion from the area. The pain is very large.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's correct. That's my understanding.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's our understanding, yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  And they can not be part of the larger....

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes and they will not...I'm not an expert in the field at all but I don't see how that could be possible.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It just could not be possible.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Which brings another facet to all of this.... Should they have to leave Latakia now, where would they go? Back to the history of the last century...? They would be walking back into the same deserts backwards. That's our history and that's our pain.