Mr. Abraham Abraham at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On April 30th, 2008. See this statement in context.

April 30th, 2008 / 5:25 p.m.

Representative in Canada, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

I think in terms of resettlement numbers, yes, that's basically what we are saying at the moment, that there are 80,000 to 90,000 people currently in need of resettlement.

But of course the prerogative to resettle these people is that of the states. We can only look to the states and ask them.

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