Thank you for that. Obviously when you just look at the geography, Pakistan provides one of the handful of places people have been able to get to since this mission began. We actually are seeing significant numbers of people move through Pakistan now and onward to Canada. In fact, the flight I mentioned that landed in Calgary last week with some of those who made a contribution to our mission came through Pakistan. I believe one of the two landing this week is also coming from Pakistan. Therefore, we are seeing significant numbers of people moving.
It's not that simple for everyone who has made it to Pakistan. One of the challenges I find really difficult in this position is that, in different third countries, there are sometimes exit controls put on a person's ability to travel, and those requirements somewhat change by times. Sometimes there are controls on their entry based on what documentation they need. Sometimes it depends whether they've travelled by road, walked across the border at an irregular point of entry or come in by air. When you have changing criteria to enter the country and exit controls that are beyond the control of the Government of Canada, it can make it a real challenge. We continue to have conversations with our partners in the region, organizations that have relationships on the ground, to do whatever we can to prevent the circumstance where people get to a third country but then face the potential that they might have to go back before they can be eventually resettled in Canada.
It is not an easy problem to solve, but I'm very encouraged by the recent flight that landed and the one that will be landing this week.