In fact, when this issue came up last year, we sent a note to the committee stating our position on the Vietnamese in the Philippines, but since there are a number of new members here, I'll very quickly summarize what our position is on this group.
These are people who, as you correctly said, were considered under the comprehensive plan of action to determine whether they were refugees or not. This group was determined not to be refugees under the comprehensive plan of action.
Under the CPA, governments plus an appeals body, plus UNHCR, reviewed all cases, and the Vietnamese in the Philippines that you're referring to went through a comprehensive status determination process and they were determined not to be refugees. Under the CPA they were destined to return to Vietnam.
They chose not to go to Vietnam. The Government of the Philippines allowed them to stay. UNHCR provided limited financial support and a project to help the Government of the Philippines deal with their integration and their other needs.
We understand that legislation is in the works in the parliament of the Philippines to allow those who wish to stay in the Philippines to do so. At the same time, we're aware that Canada might be interested in bringing some of them here, and we absolutely have no problem with that as long as the resettlement of the Vietnamese does not come from the refugee program, the refugee quota, the government-assisted refugee program.