First I'd like to ask the officials to also table the information I asked for previously, with respect to the two types of applications for Afghans that are in process. How many of them have received UIC numbers, how many of them are still waiting for the UIC numbers, and how many of them have been refused? Could I get that information?
Minister, around biometrics, I think you will understand this challenge. If you are in Afghanistan and you can't get to a third country and there are no in-country biometrics being done, then you have no hope of actually fulfilling all the requirements in order to get to safety. From that perspective, retired military personnel have said that the government can in fact do the biometrics in Canada.
That will go a long way to resolving the issue. Will the minister take that into consideration and change the requirement as it stands right now?