Mr. Bruce Scoffield (Director, Operational Coordination, International Region, Department of Citizenship and Immigration) at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

Mr. Chair, I can tell you additional staff are currently in Damascus, working to help us deal with the number of cases that have been received there.

I don't have with me today the total number of what we call temporary duty officers who have been in Damascus in the past year, but we could get that information and provide it to the committee.