Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I might just jump in to add a couple of things regarding the question of visas and Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan, like those of every country, has exit requirements, which have to be met by all foreign nationals who are departing. A valid visa is very important.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, just to back up a bit, I would say that IRCC and Global Affairs, as we all know, were issuing facilitation letters, but these letters did not confer status on any person who received them. A full eligibility and admissibility assessment was done on all individuals before they would come to Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Maybe, Madam Chair, what I would just add to what the deputy has said is that many members of Parliament, including senators, were reaching out to IRCC to see how they could help. One of the honourable members has mentioned today that lots of folks had lists. Certainly, in terms of whether IRCC co-operated to help with facilitation letters, the answer is no, but we did talk to lots of members of Parliament during the crisis.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Maybe what I could add, Madam Chair, is that inauthentic letters started to pop up in the system—

Afghanistan committee  It's just over 5,000, Mr. Chair. It's closer to 6,000.